Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday jumped into President-elect Trump's chatter about geopolitical realignment, proposing a renaming of North America in response to the president's musings on the Gulf of Mexico.
In a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday, President Trump detailed his desire to expand U.S. territory into Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal, and proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”
Sheinbaum said at his regular press conference Wednesday morning that the body of water shared by Cuba, Mexico and the United States is internationally recognized as the Gulf of Mexico, and North America was historically marked on maps as Mexican America. He added that he had done so.
“Obviously it means 'Gulf of Mexico,' but this name is recognized by the United Nations, an agency of the United Nations. But next, why not call it 'Mexican America'?” It's wonderful. Mr. Sheinbaum said, waving at the historical map displayed on the screen.
“Since 1607,” Scheinbaum added, apparently referring to a map. “The Apatzingan Constitution was for Mexican America, so we call it 'Mexican America,' which sounds good. And the Gulf of Mexico has been internationally recognized since 1607. It has been.”
Sheinbaum's reference to the Constitution pointed to the founding document first proposed after declaring independence from Spain in 1810. This constitution never took effect, and among other things it did not mandate Catholicism as the state religion.
The Apatzingan Constitution of 1814 referred to the emerging nation's territory as “Mexican America'' until the “exact boundaries'' of what would eventually become Mexico were determined.
And numerous historical maps from the colonial era referred to North America as “Mexican America,” “Mexicana,” “Septentional America,” or some combination thereof.
one A 1544 map designated North America as “Baccalaureum” This refers to the abundance of cod along the coast.
Mr. Sheinbaum's battle with Mr. Trump is based on his predecessor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who maintained a friendly relationship with Mr. Trump while lashing out at the United States for the benefit of a domestic audience. It's reminiscent of.
Sheinbaum's political mentor, López Obrador, named her his successor ahead of the 2024 election, which she won in a landslide.
In the run-up to his second term in office, Trump has made a series of controversial statements that appear to flout international agreements on the permanence of borders.
He argued Tuesday that the U.S.-Canada border is an “artificially drawn line” and that the two countries will be trading in 2024. 700 billion dollars The Census Bureau says a single market for goods is better.
Mr. Trump's political rise and persistence was largely based on his portrayal of the U.S.-Mexico border as an immovable and essential barrier. According to the Census Bureau, the United States and Mexico $777 billion By 2024, products will be sold across borders.
President Trump also claimed on Tuesday that Mexico is “essentially run by cartels,” but Sheinbaum said that former López Obrador nemesis Felipe Calderon, who ran Mexico from 2006 to 2012, He slammed the president and refuted this claim.
“I think they said the wrong thing to President Trump. They said Felipe Calderon is still president,” Sheinbaum quipped.
