““Mexican America” sounds good: the President of Mexico responded to Trump The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s idea to rename the Gulf of Mexico. She proposed calling all of North America “Mexican America,” referring to a 1607 map.”, — write on: unn.ua
“Mexican America, that sounds good,” Sheinbaum joked, pointing to a 1607 map that showed an early depiction of North America.
Mexico’s president used her daily news conference to give a history lesson surrounded by old maps and former culture minister Jose Alfonso Suarez del Real.
“The fact is that Mexican America has been recognized since the 17th century … as the name of the entire northern part of the (American) continent,” Suarez del Real said, pointing to the area on a map.
As for the Gulf of Mexico, Suarez del Real said the name has been internationally recognized and has been used as a nautical reference for hundreds of years.
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Trump floated the idea of renaming the body of water that stretches from Florida to Cancún, Mexico, at a press conference on Tuesday, where he presented a broad expansionist agenda, including the possibility of taking control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.
Scheinbaum also said that it is not true that Mexico is “run by cartels,” as Trump said. “In Mexico, everything is run by the people,” she said, adding that “we are solving the security problem.”
Despite the altercation, Scheinbaum reiterated that she expects positive relations between the two countries.
“I think there will be good relations,” she said. “President Trump has his own way of communicating.”