President-elect Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. is going to rename the Gulf of Mexico once he takes office. No, this isn’t an Onion headline. I know. It’s really hard to separate the made-for-laughs headlines of fictitious Trump statements from the real ones he actually makes.

I know. It’s really hard to separate the made-for-laughs headlines of fictitious Trump statements from the real ones he actually makes.  This happens to be a real one that just sounds too silly to be real.

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

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Or as MSNBC's Jen Psaki put it: “Trump is yanking your chain.”

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President-elect Donald Trump has floated the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Here's why that could cause some confusion.

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Ever since President-elect Donald Trump won re-election in what feels like a lifetime ago, his plans for his second term have increasingly leaned more and more to the absurd.

Who owns the Gulf of Mexico and can Trump rename it? - The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, Mexico and Cuba

For instance, Trump’s beyond-stupid plan for the Gulf of Mexico’s rebranding… if he does this i’m deadnaming the hell out of it [image or embed] — onion person (@junlper.beer) January 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM We collectively decided back when Twitter got rebranded as X that this was a rare case where we won’t be respecting chosen names.