MTG Vows to ‘Force’ Other Countries to Use ‘Gulf of America’ Label
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed outrage over Britain’s refusal to adopt Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has vowed that the U.S. will “force” other countries to adopt President Donald Trump’s new title for the Gulf of Mexico after the United Kingdom indicated it was not on board with the name change.
The MAGA congresswoman fired back Thursday at a report in the Telegraph that the U.K. will not call the body of water the “Gulf of America” on British maps after Trump signed an executive order to rename it in the U.S.
“We have to force this to happen and we should! We rename post offices all the time this isn’t complicated,” Greene wrote on X.
Sources told the British newspaper that unless the new name becomes more commonly used by English speakers, the country will not adopt the title change.
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One source noted that Trump’s executive action only applies in the U.S. The gulf’s name “cannot be universally changed by a single country,” and “will not apply to UK products,” the source told the paper.
Greene said the U.K.’s refusal to accept the name change is “why Congress must pass my bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.”
The Georgia congresswoman said the bill would fund the renaming of all government maps. It’s unclear, however, how the legislation would have any bearing on foreign governments.
Greene introduced the bill to the House of Representatives after Trump first floated the name change, which he called “beautiful” and “appropriate” multiple times at a press conference earlier this month.
Greene’s legislation, which is co-sponsored by 15 Republicans and no Democrats, was then referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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