Newsmax, Fox News back AP in Trump standoff over 'Gulf of America'
Newsmax and Fox News reportedly signed a letter pushing back the Associated Press's decision to restrict access to the White House in a dispute over President Trump, who renamed the Gulf of Mexico the US Gulf. It's one of them. At least 40 news outlets reportedly signed a letter that the White House Correspondents Association […]
Trump says he won't allow 'obsolete' AP back in Oval Office until 'Gulf of America' style changed
President Trump has not retreated from the standoff between the White House and the Associated Press on the Gulf of America, a body of water previously known as the Gulf of Mexico. The style of the AP is to refer to the waters in the first reference, with a previous name that is recognized in […]
Axios to use 'Gulf of America' in compliance with Trump administration
Axios has announced that it will follow the Trump administration's decision to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to “American Gulf.” This states that audiences are primarily based in the US compared to other media. “Our standard is to use the “Gulf of America (renamed us from the Gulf of Mexico) in our report, because our […]
Leavitt defends banning AP from Oval Office over 'Gulf of America' stance
White House press director Karoline Leavitt defended the White House decision on Tuesday, from a pool of reporters allowed to cover executive orders signed by the Associated Press with President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk banned out. “We reserve the right to decide who will go to the oval office,” Levitt said in a briefing […]
Google officially updates name of 'Gulf of America'
Google Maps users will see the “American Gulf” in waters that were once labeled “Gulf of Mexico.” Mexican users can still see the name “Gulf of Mexico” and other users around the world will see both names that read “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).” The change follows President Trump's first day of office on […]
Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America'
Google stated on Monday that it would change the name of the Google Maps Mexico to “American Bay” when updated by the US Geographic Name system. Google Maps changes the name of Alaska's DENALI to “Mount McKinley”. “I received some questions about the naming in Google Maps. There have been many years of practice to […]
US Coast Guard starts using 'Gulf of America'
The U.S. Coast Guard used the term “American Bay” to the Mexico Bay on Tuesday, the day after President Trump signed the administrative order setting while moving the process of changing the US official name in the United States. Coast Guard announced on Tuesday that it will develop additional assets in several places, including the […]
Mexico's president hits back at Trump over 'Gulf of America': 'We're going to call it Mexican America'
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 […]