Donald Trump wants Gulf of Mexico renamed to 'Gulf of America' as soon as he retakes White House
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Donald Trump has vowed to change the 456-year-old name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" as soon as he retakes the White House. During an hour-long, often rambling speech, the president-elect laid out his plans for his presidency, including refusing to rule out military action to take control of the Panama Canal. On changing geography, Trump said: "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. What a beautiful name.".
He added: "And it's appropriate. It's appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country." The Gulf of Mexico, which borders the south-eastern coast of North America, is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, which runs between Florida and Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel, which runs between the Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba.
While he didn't explain how the renaming would happen, Trump quickly blamed Mexico for undocumented immigrations - and he went on to threaten tariffs on both Mexico and Canada. He said: "Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country. They can stop them.
"And we're going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too, and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers. So we're going to make up for that by putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada, substantial tariffs.".
Trump vowed to reverse many of Biden's policies, most of which would erode the work done to protect the climate. While delivering his speech for Mar-A-Lago, the president-elect again promised to undo President Joe Biden's action to permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
