Trump says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?

We will be changing the name of the Bay of Mexico to the Bay of America," Trump said at a news meeting at his Blemish a-Lago Club in Palm Ocean side, Florida. " … What a wonderful name, and it's fitting."

The duly elected president in this manner discredited the Mexican government for permitting transients to "pour" into the US, saying Mexico "can stop them and we will put intense taxes on Mexico and Canada since Canada, they come through Canada, as well."

Trump gave no extra insights concerning how he wanted to carry out the name change, yet the remarks ignited quick inquiries regarding whether a president has the power to rename a worldwide waterway, and provoked no less than one conservative individual from Congress to draft regulation.

This is the thing we realize about how Trump might and can't rename the bay.

What is the Bay of Mexico and where could it be?

The Inlet of Mexico is a 218,000-square-mile maritime bowl associated with the Caribbean Ocean and the Atlantic Sea through the Florida Waterways and the Yucatán Channel. It ranges from the eastern bank of Mexico and the southeastern shore of the US toward the western finish of Cuba.

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For what reason is it called the Bay of Mexico and who named it?

The waterway has been known by many names, however European pilgrims and mapmakers have utilized the name "Inlet of Mexico" for something like 400 years.

How might the Bay of Mexico be renamed?

There are existing systems to rename places perceived by the central government. In any case, assuming the government name change becomes official, that doesn't imply that different countries will remember it.