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Gotta Love it! "Gulf of America".

The name "Gulf of Mexico" was first coined by Jesuit priests in the early 1600's so it became known as such.

But the USA has a greater coast-line with the "Gulf" than Mexico does.

Other countries have their own local names besides what's commonly used on maps.

Mexico recognizes two other names for the "Gulf of California", the "Sea of Cortez" and the "Vermillion Sea", so if the USA wants to call our portion of the "Gulf" the Gulf of America then IMO that's fine.

In my region the American Indian tribes have their own "unpronounceable names" for certain landmarks, other than commonly known names so some signs have both on them.
 
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The Gulf of Mexico got its name from the Spanish explorers in the 1540s, who referred to it as "Golfo de México," with "Mexico" originating from the ancient Mexica civilization, known today as the Aztecs. The name reflects the geopolitical significance of the region during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo in Mexico, also known as P'osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio Grande is 1,896 miles, making it the 4th longest river in the United States and in North America by main stem.
 
If Mexico wants to call their area from the tip of the Yucatan to the mouth of the Rio Grande the Gulf of Mexico, and the USA calls the area from the tip of Key West to the mouth of the Rio Grande the Gulf of America, then to each their own.

Heck, many in Mexico still claim Texas, California & the SW USA has their own, after they took it from the Spanish, who took it over from France who took it over from Spain who took it over from the Aztecs etc.
 
its just the red herring to make his opposition loose their collective bowel contents

simply who cares
how about running off russia and china oil rigs just outside our territorial waters

EDIT besides my entire life on the water around the "gulf of mexico" we always referred to it as the wait for it.........."GULF"
 
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