Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mocked Donald Trump on Wednesday for his suggestion to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
Throughout a press convention held in Mexico’s Nationwide Palace, Sheinbaum stood in entrance of a map from 1607 that labeled the USA as “Mexican America” and the gulf because the “Gulf of Mexico”—practically 170 years earlier than the USA was based in 1776.
“Why don’t we name it Mexican America? It sounds fairly, no?” Sheinbaum mockingly requested.
Massive parts of the USA have been initially half of Mexico. On the conclusion of the Mexican-American Warfare in 1848, the nation misplaced 55% of its territory, which grew to become California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and most of Colorado and Arizona.
Sheinbaum additionally accused Trump of dwelling up to now, noting, “I feel they instructed President (elect) Trump unsuitable, they instructed him Felipe Calderon remains to be president.”
Calderon was Mexico’s president from 2006 to 2012.
Throughout his Tuesday press convention at Mar-a-Lago, Trump stated, “We’re going to be altering the title of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. What a phenomenal title. And it’s acceptable. It’s acceptable. And Mexico has to cease permitting thousands and thousands of individuals to pour into our nation.”
One in every of Trump’s most loyal supporters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, stated she can be introducing laws to coincide with Trump’s rhetoric.
“I’ve directed my workers to instantly start drafting laws to vary the title of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. That is essential to start funding the altering of maps for all companies inside the federal authorities, just like the FAA and the army,” she wrote on X.
Even when Greene’s laws handed, it could nonetheless not coerce different nations to comply with alongside—Mexico, for one, has made it clear it received’t be following in Trump’s footsteps.
Trump’s final main conflict with Mexico didn’t significantly work out effectively for him. Throughout his 2016 presidential marketing campaign, he stated he would construct a U.S.-Mexico border wall, for which Mexico would pay. Not solely did Mexico not really pay for the wall, however it was by no means even accomplished.
The friction between Trump and Mexico is simply the newest in a collection of worldwide flashpoints he’s induced earlier than even being sworn in as president. Trump threatened to make use of “army motion” to grab management of Greenland and the Panama Canal, whereas additionally antagonizing Canada. And through his first time period, his actions incessantly provoked worldwide condemnation.
Appears to be like like he’s already heading down an identical path.
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