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Summary
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
Sheinbaum stated that while Trump can refer to the American part of the body of water as the Gulf of America, the rest of the world will continue to refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico.
Trump signed the order on Jan. 20, 2025, following his inaugural promise, citing the Gulf’s importance to the U.S. economy. Sheinbaum emphasized Mexico’s stance on territorial integrity.
This follows Trump’s recent controversial foreign policy ideas, including proposing Canada as a U.S. state, acquiring Greenland, and considering military action to reclaim the Panama Canal.
The theory that I heard that made the most sense is that he thinks by renaming it he can circumvent the Biden ban on new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Why would he need to do this? We have a Republican president, congress, and house of reps. Plus the SCOTUS is on his side.
Seems they just need to write up a quick retraction of that and just pass it.
If that’s actually true that’s fucking hilarious and really depressing that our legal system could theoretically be worked around so comically. That’s like Scooby Doo levels of bullshit.