Does Trump have the authority to rename ‘Gulf of Mexico’? Obama did it first, but for this noble reason
President-elect Donald Trump had many scratching their heads when he shared an unexpected proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico — the stretch of seawater connecting the U.S. south, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean — the “Gulf of America.” “[It] has a beautiful ring,” Trump said during a Tuesday press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. He continued, “The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name.” The incoming 47th president of the United States argued the […]