The most eye-catching call for a change in the Gulf of Mexico name before President Trump came from Stephen Colbert, who joked in a 2010 comedy performance in Comedy Central , the body of water should be called the U.S. Gulf because “we broke it, we bought it” because the deep water horizon leaks oil. ”
Almost 15 years later, it could be worse: Trump may rename the Gulf of Mexico ruling to MAGA Bay. (No one gave him any ideas!)
But Trump arrived to change the name to the American Bay retained the pleasant tone that Colbert sarcastically suggested.
When William Nericcio first heard Trump’s executive order do this, San Diego English professors saw it as “a big propaganda stunt that covers up more evil things” .
During the weeks of the inauguration day, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum belonged to the southwestern United States in 1848 until the Mexican-Mexican War in 1848, of course, within the weeks of the inauguration day. Received. Renamed to “Mexico América”.
When Trump mentioned the Bay of the United States during his inaugural speech, the laughter continued Citizenship with the right to birth is prohibited. Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and End all federal diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI programs.
Defining the United States, Mexico and Cuba as the waters of the Gulf of the United States – Trump said through orders that “has long been an integral asset to our once-coming nation, an integral part of the United States and remains The indelible part of the United States” – is seen as a random bubble because cartographers and governments around the world have used the “Gulf of Mexico” for nearly 475 years.
But the more Nericcio thought about the gestures he felt, the more he became worried.
He is the author of “Tex[t]-Mex: The seductive hallucination of the American “Mexicans”,” An interesting and insightful 2007 book In the United States, it is adjacent to the history of anti-Mexican sentiment. It tracks Mexican portrayals in pop culture by postcards depicting Mexican revolution, Hollywood stereotypes, racist songs, and more – Nericcio believes that decades have fueled the country’s anti-Mexican law and emotions.
Nericcio told me: “Talking about Spanish on Mexican soil will trigger the biggest attitude, so why not pave the way for a long history and call it the Gulf of America?”
The National Marine Reserve of Garden Bank is 100 nautical miles from Texas and has been known for centuries as the Gulf of Mexico. Despite Trump’s name change, most waters remain within Mexico’s jurisdiction.
(LM Otero/AP)
When Trump declared the Gulf of America on February 9, he was upset, saying it was part of restoring “the pride of the great American history”, and the U.S. geographic name board formally abides by Trump’s orders and announced All federal agencies are “currently updating their maps, products and services to reflect the name changes in the United States.” Nericcio Gro Associated Press reporters whose White House blocks Oval Office In retaliation against news organizations, its style guide is considered the gold standard for the U.S. press, including the Los Angeles Times – announcing that they will continue to use the “Gulf of Mexico” in their stories, while acknowledging Trump’s name change.
But what profit In total despair mode, Apple and Google updated their map service last week so that U.S. users can now see the “American Gulf”. The decision prompted the Mexican government to write to Google, saying: “Under no circumstances will Mexico accept the renaming of geographical areas within its own territory and its jurisdiction,” he said. and threaten litigation.
Nericcio usually arrives at Bon Mot very quickly, but his worrying tone as we speak is something I have never heard of in 15 years since I knew each other.
“We know that American history is the Empire, but it is the United States putting down its pants and showing its imperial tattoos,” he said. “It’s bald, naked imperialism, and is on the order of Stalin.”
It’s easy to think of Nericcio as wild eye Wokosobut he was not wrong at all.
The name changed is not a curve on the steak or a weird Trump quirk, or his weak Said YMCA dance. This shows that the Commander will first continue to work hard on our ultimate fanatical modern destiny in any way, shape or form. Trump is convinced that the American public will accept everything he has to do with Mexico to a large extent, because guess what? Just Mexico.
Critics and supporters have long said they want to accept Trump’s words, and there is little that shows that this is more real than hatred for my parents’ country than his. It was announced in a speech that his first successful presidential election ten years ago, when he descended along the golden staircase of his Manhattan Tower like the devastating but almighty Manhattan Tower Emperor Padisa In the “Dune” franchise.
Within three minutes of the opening ceremony of the speech, Trump said this: “When Mexico sent people, they weren’t doing their best. … They were carrying drugs. They brought crime. They were rapists. I Think some people are good people.”
That’s the virus part of his anti-Mexican screen. But there are more.
Trump mentioned Mexico 13 times in that speech, and his pronunciation was despised every time. He promised to build a “big, Great Wall” to connect it with us and label our southern neighbors as “New China.” He complained that Mexico “dreamed us with our stupidity. Now, they beat us financially. They are not our friends, believe me. But they killed us financially.” So much bile trades with us second largest The country of the country of partners and millions of American citizens, but the crowd cheered him on.
Trump has been messing around with his saber. He never stopped describing the “invasion” of those entering the country from Mexico and vowed to severely restrict legal immigration and Deportation of immigrants in the country without legal documents In a sense, this country has never seen it before. He’s still here Threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexicoand his team is doing Pan Xing who guides their hearts And launch a military invasion on the country under the guise of combating drug cartels. Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News that “all options will be on the desktop.”
Erase the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S. map is not a lark. This is more of a promise to come. This is a moving house Latin American Strongman The eager imitator has long plagued the Western Hemisphere, but is now at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I asked Nericcio to find a silver lining in all of this, or at least advice on how to fight back. Nericcio replied: “We don’t have the engine of legitimacy and power – unfortunately, he does.” “We’re past tense, Gustavo. Finished.”
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, then-Mexican President, participated in the Rose Garden event in 2020, despite Trump’s harmfulness to Mexican immigration. Obrador’s successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, was not that reconciled.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
He lists the following: The next time American schoolchildren have to go through a geographical mission involving the Gulf of Mexico, they will look for maps of Google, Apple or websites operated by the federal government. “They’ll see the American Gulf and think, ‘Oh, that’s the right answer for my assignment, because the internet says so. Look, you have a generation that doesn’t have a historical basis to call it.”
Nericcio sounds lonely. “It caused me to my anemia thrust. anemia. It’s almost like, “Yes, Dad.” It’s like watching a movie with a super pick movie, he’s been winning and winning, and I don’t think it’s going to have a happy ending. ”
