Britain will not recognise Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/01/23/britain-will-not-recognise-trump-new-name-gulf-of-mexico/

33 comments

  1. No one should. An executive order applies only to the United States. It should not be expected to be upheld by the rest of the world.

    We’re perfectly entitled to tell Trump where he can shove it

  2. I think it’s fairly certain that the only people who will call it The Gulf of America are MAGA cult members, other Trump worshippers and the ignorant, backwater states that border the Gulf.

  4. Who does he imagine will?

    All the people who believed his Sharpie on a hurricane path, and that’s about it.

  5. Can’t wait for Western and Eastern American Oceans to be renamed next. /s in case anyone actually thinks I was being serious.

  6. I love this. The whole world letting Trump know: we do not respect you or your draconian way of thinking.

    Viva la Gulf Of Mexico!!

  7. I would be willing to call the norther part as “Gulf of Stupidistan”.

  8. Why should they? The UK is a sovereign nation and is not subject to Drumpf’s executive orders.

  9. Of course it won’t it is a historic name from before the country of Mexico existed. It is just our Orange idiot claiming something but not really for his huge American suburban peasant base.

  10. What will Trump do next? Change the names of cities? San Francisco. Los Angeles. San Antonio. Yada yada yada

  11. As an American I am ashamed to see the downfall of this country. I will continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico and the orange moron can be dammed.

  12. We all remember ‘Freedom Fries’. Stop trying to make the Gulf of America happen. It’s not gonna happen.

  14. No one will, it is stupid. He’s being an idiot to grab media attention away from all the terrible executive orders he’s signing.

  15. Neither will I and I will mock your village idiot ass if you say it in person to me.

  16. Who cares, call it Gulf of Donald for all I care, I’ll still call it Gulf of Mexico

  19. Lol, no one will. You can call a geographic feature whatever you like, no one else is obliged to follow suit. Besides, vast majority of maps are made by the British admiralty, so good luck with making anyone else follow suit.

    Best they can do is force any ship calling a US port in the gulf states, to say on the radio they are coming from “gulf of America”, which will be petty and meaningless, but I guess pretty much on brand for the moron.

    The US makes some maps, so they can rename it on their, absolutely empty gesture of course, but still, the orange bafoon will be happy.

  20. People will be slow to adopt “The Gulf of America” because that’s just how things go. I still get confused looks when I order Freedom Fries at McDonald’s but surely that one will pick up steam soon. Surely.

  22. Of course we fucking won’t. As will literally nobody else. It’s bad enough that we have to be reasonably civil and polite with the new administration but that doesn’t mean we have to entertain every little make-believe brain fart that imbecile vomits out to the world.

  23. As an American most of us won’t either we think this is absurd.

  24. I’m American, it’s still the Gulf of Mexico. Trump can get fucked.

  26. As an American, I call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico, because the Gulf of Mexico’s name is the Gulf of Mexico. Fuck donald trump.

  27. People still call it Twitter and he really thought people would go along with the Gulf of America.

  28. American here. It’s the Gulf of Mexico and Trump can fuck off.

  29. I’m American and I won’t be recognizing Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico. What a stupid thing for him to do, just an ego boost for the cheeto man

  30. America is the laughing stock of the world. It’s probably been that way for far longer than I realize, but the past few years have really hammered it in.

  31. This is bad. We can expect a tweet from trump any moment now, calling them “not-so-Great Britain.

  32. “Unless, of course, I get my three demands.
    A hundred thousand in cash,
    getaway car
    and I want the letter M stricken from the English language.

    See, you have to make one crazy demand, that way, if you get caught, you can plead insanity.

    Ha…. Getaway car. ”

    Steven Martin

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