Trump And Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Spirited Clash Over Territorial Renaming, Tariffs And Cartels
After President-elect Donald Trump proposed the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the “Gulf of America,” noting that “It has a beautiful ring,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded with her own territorial renaming suggestion.
Pointing to a large map of North America from 1607 that labeled the continent “Mexican America,” Sheinbaum cheerfully suggested going back to the name.
“Why don’t we call it Mexican America?” she told reporters Wednesday in Mexico City. “It sounds pretty, no?”
Sheinbaum, however, did not take kindly to Trump’s remark that Mexico is “essentially run …