Trump: We Will Rename The Gulf of Mexico, The Gulf Of America

In last week’s podcast, my co-guest on George Caylor’s podcast “Get Real” coined the term the “Trump Doctrine” when referring to how Trump is using the bully pulpit to get better passage fees for American ships and to get the Republic of Panama to live up to the agreement they signed with President Carter.

Now, during today’s press conference at Mar-A-Lago Trump announced: “We do most of the work there. It’s ours. We are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring. That covers a lot of territory.”

The Gulf of America has long been maintained by American taxpayers. The residents of five states enjoy the Gulf’s shoreline: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,* Alabama and Florida.

*This writer lived in Biloxi, Mississippi for five months while my fiance was in Air Traffic Control School at Keesler Air Force Base. One enduring memory is the fact that there is little wave action on the coast line, unlike on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.