After Trump Said He’ll Rename The Gulf Of Mexico To America, Mexico’s President Had The Best Comeback
Mexico's president said renaming North America to "Mexican America" has a nice ring to it.

After US president-elect Donald Trump said he would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has suggested the US and Mexico territories should instead be called “Mexican America”.
A day after Trump’s comment, Sheinbaum used the first minutes of her morning press conference on Wednesday Jan. 8 to give a short history lesson.
She displayed a map of the world from 1607, 169 years before the US was founded, where the gulf, which curves around the southeastern edge of North America, touching the coastlines of the US, Mexico and Cuba is labeled the Gulf of Mexico and North America is labeled Mexican America.
“Why don’t we call it ‘Mexican America’? It sounds nice, doesn’t it?” she said.
Sheinbaum also added the name “the Gulf of Mexico” is recognized internationally.
She brought out political advisor José Alfonso Suárez del Real to explain.
“The name, ‘Mexican America”, has existed since 1607, predating the arrival of the pilgrims in Virginia,” Suárez del Real said after taking to the stage.
Mexican America was also mentioned in Mexico's first constitution, the Apatzingán constitution of 1814, which described the territory encompassing what is now known as Mexico and parts of the southwestern US.
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