Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday mocked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America,” referring to the United States. Sheinbaum gave her daily press conference in front of a large map from 1607 that gave much of the North American continent the name “Mexican America.”
President Claudia Sheinbaum: “Obviously the Gulf of Mexico is recognized by the name of the United Nations, it is a United Nations agency. But, the next one, why don’t we call it Mexican America? It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Doesn’t it? Since 1607, the Constitution of Apatzingan was Mexican America. So let’s call it Mexican America. It sounds nice. And Gulf of Mexico since 1607, and it’s also internationally recognized.”
Meanwhile, European leaders have reacted with alarm to Donald Trump’s proposal to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, and have pledged to defend the national sovereignty of the countries of Europe.
On Wednesday, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Greenland could become independent if its residents so choose, but the territory will not become part of the United States. Rasmussen made the remarks as Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, where at a press conference he promised residents that the U.S. will “treat them well.”
