While fielding questions from the press on Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump revealed plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “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,” Trump declared.
Trump also reiterated his commitment to aggressive tariffs to get Mexico and Canada to fall in line.
“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.”
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🚨BREAKING: Trump says he will change the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
pic.twitter.com/JkT9uwmi07— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 7, 2025
Shortly after Trump’s name change announcement, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced she was readying legislation to make the Gulf of America a reality.
“I was so fired up watching the press conference today, when President Trump said he’s going to rename ‘The Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘The Gulf of America’ that I directed my legislative staff to immediately draft legislation and we are entering it right now … Congress has to do this,” MTG told host Benny Johnson.
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🚨BREAKING: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces legislation to rename the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ the ‘Gulf of America’ immediately after Trump’s announcement pic.twitter.com/7NBivhbMyK
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 7, 2025
