'Surprise to Mexico': Trump Renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' mid-flight on Air Force One

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In a historic and controversial move, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation aboard Air Force One, officially renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." The signing took place mid-flight as Air Force One crossed over the newly renamed waters. Trump also declared February 9 as "Gulf of America Day," urging Americans to recognize the gulf’s significance in U.S. history. While the name change applies to federal references, other nations are not required to acknowledge it. This bold decision has sparked major debate—what do you think?

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00:00Music

00:18Hello everybody.

00:19Hello sir.

00:20How are you? Nice to see you.

00:21Good to see you.

00:23You good?

00:24You all set?

00:25Yeah.

00:26We're flying over right now.

00:28We're flying over a thing called the Gulf of America.

00:31And I'm signing a proclamation and perhaps you could define that.

00:36This is a proclamation declaring today, February 9th, 2025,

00:41as the first ever Gulf of America day.

00:44This follows the President's Executive Order

00:46issuing a name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

00:52And we're flying right over it right now.

00:54So we thought this would be appropriate.

00:58Even bigger than the Super Bowl.

00:59This is a big thing.

01:01And almost everybody now has assented to that.

01:06Attention on board.

01:07Ladies and gentlemen, if you could please direct your attention

01:09out the right side of the aircraft.

01:11Air Force One is currently in international waters.

01:14The first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America.

01:19Please enjoy the flight.

01:20And we are now about to head westbound to Super Bowl 59.

01:24Wow.

01:25He did that well.

01:27That's a good job.

01:29Isn't that nice?

01:33Make America great again, right?

01:34That's what we care about.

01:36Okay.

01:37Here we go.

01:38So this is a famous pen now.

01:51And we'll put it with something.

01:54I'll ask you to do whatever you think we should do with it, Mr. Secretary.

01:59Do you want to talk about, you know, Doug, Secretary of the Interior,

02:02and also working with Chris Wright on extracting vast amounts of oil and gas

02:09and making our country rich?

02:11Would you like to say something, Doug?

02:13Well, with the Gulf of America, this is a historic day.

02:16We want to thank President Trump.

02:18His executive order is what set this in motion.

02:21We signed a secretarial order as Secretary of Interior directing the U.S.

02:27Geologic Survey, who is responsible for the database,

02:30which is the geographic names informational system.

02:34And so just prior to this signing, if you will, the button was pushed.

02:39It became official with this proclamation to call today Gulf of America Day.

02:44But now it's going out.

02:46As we're sitting here right now, our team is calling all the map providers,

02:50so Google Maps, Apple Maps, all the map people.

02:53That change will take effect this afternoon to Gulf of America.

02:58So, again, fantastic.

03:00Thank you, President Trump, for setting this all in motion with your executive order.

03:04It's an exciting, fun day.

03:06And great to do this as we're flying over the Gulf of America.

03:11We thought it would be very appropriate.

03:13We thought it would be appropriate.

03:14Catherine, thank you very much for being here.

03:17So happy to be here.

03:18A very important part of his life.

03:21Who knows what would have happened to him without you.

03:23It might not have been good.

03:25Here you go.

03:31Have you talked to Mexico about this today?

03:33Actually, interestingly, I've never spoken to them about it.

03:36It was our call, and I have not spoken to them about it.

03:40I've spoken to them about many other things, but I haven't really talked to them about this.

03:43They have never brought it up.

03:44I'm a little surprised at that, but they've never brought it up.

03:47Don't miss out.

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'Surprise to Mexico': Trump Renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' mid-flight on Air Force One

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