President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to become the Gulf of America.
"We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring," Trump said in a wide-ranging news conference from Mar-a-Lago, which aired in its entirety on Newsmax. "That covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name. And it's appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country."
The president-elect has promised to reset relations with Mexico starting with the overflow of illegal migrants entering the country through the U.S. southern border. Trump also has committed to mending the trade imbalance which Trump says he will correct through the use of tariffs.
"And we're going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada because Canada," he continued, "they come through Canada too and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers."
Trump said his administration will be making the official announcement "at a future date pretty soon," adding, "because we do most of the work there, and it's ours."
The president-elect lamented the current dysfunctional state of Mexico and that it continues to be run by the drug cartels: "Mexico's really in trouble. A lot of trouble. It's a very dangerous place."
In response, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., quickly supported the president-elect's idea.
"President Trump's second term is off to a GREAT start," she wrote on X. "I'll be introducing legislation ASAP to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name, the Gulf of America!"
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