President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” during a press conference on Tuesday.
President Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, that as Mexico continues to allow “millions” of illegal immigrants into the country, a potential new name for the bay would be He called it “beautiful” and “appropriate.” Crossing the southern border of the United States. The president-elect called Mexico a “very dangerous place” and said it was ultimately “run by cartels” and threatened the nation with the economic fallout from the border crisis.
“We're going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. It has a beautiful ring and covers a huge amount of territory,” President Trump said. “Gulf of the Americas, what a beautiful name, it's so fitting. It's appropriate and Mexico should stop millions of people coming into our country and Mexico can stop it and we can stop it. We're going to impose very tough tariffs on Mexico and Canada.”
Following President Trump's statement, Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she would introduce a bill to rename the Bay in X. (Related: Mexico is already feeling the pinch of President Trump's tariff threat)
“President Trump's second term is off to a great start. I intend to introduce legislation as soon as possible to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name, the Gulf of America!” Green said. I did.
President Trump's second term is off to a great start.
As soon as possible, we will introduce legislation to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the official Gulf of America. pic.twitter.com/uFlrNkw7c6
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 7, 2025
President Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada if the governments do not meet his demands, and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum President Pardo will meet with the next president regarding this issue. In response, Canada is preparing to ramp up immigration enforcement by hiring more staff and adding resources in case a Trump victory causes a surge in immigration.
The president-elect proposed that Canada merge with the United States following Prime Minister Trudeau's resignation on Monday.
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