President-elect said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America,' a name he said has a 'beautiful ring to it.' It's his latest suggestion to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere. Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the '51st State,' demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland, and called for Panama to return the Panama Canal.
Here's a look at his comment and what goes into a name. Since his first run for the in 2016, Trump has repeatedly clashed with Mexico over a number of issues, including border security and the imposition of tariffs on imported goods. He vowed then to build a wall along the US-Mexico border and make Mexico pay for it.
The US ultimately constructed or refurbished about 450 miles of wall during his first term. The Gulf of Mexico is often referred to as the United States' 'Third Coast' due to its coastline across five southeastern states. Mexicans use a Spanish version of the same name for the gulf: 'El Golfo de México.
' Americans and Mexicans diverge on what to call another key body of water, the river that forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. call it the Rio Grande; Mexicans call it the Rio Bravo. Maybe, but it's not a unilateral decision, and other countries don't have to go along.
The International Hydrographic Organisation ' of which both the United States and are members ' works to ensure all the world's seas, oceans and navi.
