President-elect Trump proposes renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America', sparking debate about nationalistic rhetoric and potential international implications.
Every American president is tasked with overseeing a global empire and goes about preserving it or expanding it in different ways. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, he’s bringing his signature scammy touch to the enterprise. Speaking to reporters at a news conference Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump , apropos of nothing, said, “We’ll be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring.” He added: “That covers a lot of territory.
The Gulf of America: What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.” Can the United States rename the Gulf of Mexico? It seems like he could, considering U.S. presidents can change the names of landmarks. That doesn’t mean other countries will go along with changing the name of a massive body of water whose name dates back more than four centuries. The bigger question isn’t can Trump do that but why he wants to. The answer is that Trump is a pure showman. Claiming he wants to rename the gulf as he threatens Mexico with tariffs is culture war bait that changes nothing — but it gives Trump an easy way to beat his chest and scratch the itch of the chauvinist without actually doing anything meaningful. “The Gulf of America” is a tacky nationalist marketing gimmick, not a policy solution to any problem the United States has. Trump has recently floated far-fetched proposals to buy Greenland and wrest back control of the Panama Canal. In response to a question from a reporter at the news conference about what he’d be willing to do to secure them, Trump said something that sounded more dire. He refused to rule out military or economic coercion to obtain Greenland or the Panama Canal and said, “We need them for economic security.” The United States is the richest and the most powerful country in the world, dominating trade routes, institutions and agreements around the globe. The idea that it needs ownership of the mostly frozen island of Greenland for economic security is ludicrou
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