Overview
- At a private Forum Club of the Palm Beaches event in Florida, President Donald Trump imitated Claudia Sheinbaum’s voice and retold a supposed call as he vowed to use “Gulf of America,” drawing laughs reported by EFE.
- Trump said he may no longer enjoy Sheinbaum’s sympathy because of the dispute over the Gulf’s name.
- Mexico’s president has said the body of water is the Gulf of Mexico and stated that her government does not seek a fight with the United States.
- Officials and specialists note that geographic names used on maps and in treaties are set by long use and shared practice, so one country cannot change them on its own.
- The naming fight carries weight because the Gulf supports key shipping lanes, fisheries, and oil platforms on both sides, including Pemex operations in Mexican waters.