Mexico’s president rebuffed President-elect Donald Trump’s call to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” with a suggestion that the United States ought to be renamed “Mexican America.”

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo opened a Wednesday news conference in Mexico City with a 17th Century map of North and South America as a backdrop.

“Obviously the Gulf of Mexico is recognized by the United Nations… but why don’t we call this ‘Mexican America’?” she said, pointing to an area on the map that would now correspond to the United States.
During Tuesday remarks at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump announced plans to rename the body of water separating Miami and Cancun.

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said. “Gulf of America – what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.”
He did not specify when or how he intends to make the change, saying he would provide those details at a future date.

“We’re going to change,” he said, “because we do most of the work there, and it’s ours.”