Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Public domain.
When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” he might not have anticipated the sarcastic response from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. According to the Guardian, while standing in front of a global map during her daily press conference, Sheinbaum quipped that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana” or “Mexican America,” referencing an 1814 Mexican founding document that called it that. Her lighthearted jab underscored the tensions that could define the Trump-Sheinbaum dynamic.
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, comes with a staggering resume. She holds a Ph.D. in energy engineering and contributed to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Before her presidency, Sheinbaum served as Mexico City’s mayor, where she gained attention for her policies on urban sustainability and social programs.
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