President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America' during a January 7th news conference. While the plan's feasibility remains uncertain, the announcement highlights the incoming administration's approach to national identity and symbolism.
One day after Congress certified his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump said, during a news conference on Jan. 7 that covered a wide range of topics, that he has plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America.' 'We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it's appropriate,' he said. Here's how that could get done.
Per the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Gulf of Mexico is a body of water that covers some 600,000 square miles, and it is bordered by the various southern U.S. states to the north, and bordered by Mexico to the south. The body of water is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. According to a 2012 article by Florida newspaper The St. Augustine Record, the name ‘Gulf of Mexico’ has been in use for centuries. The article notes that a map depicting English explorer Sir Francis Drake's Caribbean voyage in the 1580s used the term 'Gulf of Mexico,' and while other names like 'Sea of the North' and 'Gulf of New Spain' have also been used for the body of water, Gulf of Mexico is the name that saw the most use in over the many years since the body of water was discovered. As for the name 'Mexico,' the website for the Mexican Embassy in Australia states that the name comes from the Nahuatl language that was spoken by the Aztecs. While there is no definitive proof of where the name comes from, a widely accepted theory asserts that the name translates to 'in the center of the lake of the moon,' a reference to Mexico City's geography prior to Spanish colonization. The Associated Press notes that the International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them. For places within the U.S
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