“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to take back control of the Panama Canal and rename it, proposed renaming the US as “Mexican America”.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to take back control of the Panama Canal and rename it, proposed renaming the US as “Mexican America”.
Source: Scheinbaum at a press briefing, writes “The Guardian”
Details: She showed a map of the world from 1607 to emphasize that the name “Gulf of Mexico” is historical and was used before the founding of the United States. Sheinbaum also joked that a part of the United States should be called “Mexican America”.
“Sounds nice, doesn’t it?” – she added with a sarcastic tone. At the same time, she added that, despite everything, she hopes for “good relations” with Trump.
Earlier, Trump said that he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “America’s Gulf with a beautiful ring.”
“It is appropriate. And Mexico must stop allowing millions of people to come to our country,” he said.
Trump also claimed that the US’s southern neighbor is run by drug cartels, to which Scheinbaum replied succinctly: “In Mexico, the people rule.”
Note that Trump has announced that on his first day in office he will impose tariffs on all goods entering the United States from Canada, Mexico and China.
In particular, he explained this by the fact that these states do not oppose the entry of drugs into the United States.