Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mocked Donald Trump on Wednesday for <\/span>his suggestion<\/a> to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the \u201cGulf of America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout a press convention held in Mexico\u2019s Nationwide Palace, Sheinbaum stood in entrance of a <\/span>map from 1607<\/a> that labeled the US as \u201cMexican America\u201d and the gulf because the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d\u2014practically 170 years earlier than the US was based in 1776.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhy don\u2019t we name it Mexican America? It sounds fairly, no?\u201d Sheinbaum mockingly requested.<\/span><\/p>\n Giant parts of the US have been<\/span> <\/span>originally part<\/a> of Mexico. On the conclusion of the Mexican-American Battle in 1848, the nation misplaced 55% of its territory, which grew to become California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and most of Colorado and Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n Sheinbaum <\/span>also accused<\/a> Trump of residing previously, noting, \u201cI feel they advised President (elect) Trump fallacious, they advised him Felipe Calderon continues to be president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Calderon was Mexico\u2019s president from 2006 to 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout his Tuesday press convention at Mar-a-Lago,<\/span> <\/span>Trump said<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re going to be altering the identify of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. What a wonderful identify. And it\u2019s applicable. It\u2019s applicable. And Mexico has to cease permitting tens of millions of individuals to pour into our nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n One among Trump\u2019s most loyal supporters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, mentioned she can be introducing laws to coincide with Trump\u2019s rhetoric.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve directed my employees to right away start drafting laws to alter the identify of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. That is vital to start funding the altering of maps for all companies inside the federal authorities, just like the FAA and the navy,\u201d she <\/span>wrote on X<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Even when Greene\u2019s laws handed, it could nonetheless<\/span> <\/span>not coerce<\/a> different nations to comply with alongside\u2014Mexico, for one, has made it clear it received\u2019t be following in Trump\u2019s footsteps.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s final main conflict with Mexico didn\u2019t notably work out properly for him. Throughout his 2016 presidential marketing campaign, he mentioned he would construct a U.S.-Mexico border wall, for which Mexico would pay. Not solely did Mexico<\/span> <\/span>not actually pay<\/a> for the wall, nevertheless it was by no means even accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n The friction between Trump and Mexico is simply the newest in a sequence of<\/span> <\/span>international flashpoints<\/a> he\u2019s brought on earlier than even being sworn in as president. Trump threatened to make use of \u201cnavy motion\u201d to grab management of Greenland and the Panama Canal, whereas additionally antagonizing Canada. And through his first time period, his actions often provoked worldwide condemnation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Appears like he\u2019s already heading down an identical path.<\/span><\/p>\n Daily Kos is now on Bluesky\u2014and we want to make it easy for you to join us! Click here for the Daily Kos Bluesky Starter Pack.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"TrumpishpereMap2025.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.dailykos.com\/images\/1385814\/large\/TrumpishpereMap2025.jpg?1736366673\" "\\"TrumpishpereMap2025.jpg\\"\/")