I can also participate in the regional renaming game.
Mexico’s top official, Claudia Sheinbaum, reprimanded Trump on Wednesday for stating that her country was controlled by drug cartels and suggesting that the Gulf of Mexico, a name it has borne since the 17th century, be renamed.
Polanco brandished a giant map of North America from 1607 that referred to the continent as “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican America.” At a press conference, she quipped that perhaps Mexico should consider referring to the continent by that name.
*she suggested, gesturing to the map, “Why don’t we call it Mexican America?” she said with a smile.
Since winning re-election, Trump has clashed with Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, who is a leftist scientist. The disagreement started when Trump advocated for imposing a 25% tariff on Mexican imports, a measure that Sheinbaum threatened to mirror if Trump actually puts it in place.
The president-elect has stated that undocumented immigrants of any nationality will be deported to Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum at first opposed this idea, but now says Mexico will take in deportees and has the right to cap the number of arrivals by nationality. Sheinbaum also mentioned that Mexico may ask for financial payment in exchange.
Sheinbaum, 62, and Trump, 78, are engaged in a heated verbal dispute. Sheinbaum was upset by Trump’s remark on Tuesday that Mexico is controlled by the cartels.
She informed him incorrectly, with all the respect he deserved.
In a video that is rapidly gaining attention on social media, she has expressed her intention to collaborate with the Trump administration—but on the condition that it does not compromise Mexico’s sovereignty.
In Mexico, the people are in charge,” she said. “We will work together and understand each other with President Trump’s government. I’m confident we can defend our country’s freedom, independence, and sovereignty.
Sheinbaum’s tongue-in-cheek comment about renaming North America reportedly opened the door for individuals in the MAGA movement to seriously explore proposing legislation to officially rename the Gulf of Mexico after the 45th President Donald Trump.
The outgoing administration is planning to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a name that Trump praised as ‘beautiful’ and broad in scope, ‘covering a lot of territory.’
There was “tons of interest” from other lawmakers wanting to sponsor the bill by the end of the day.
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