Trump Declares He's Renaming Gulf Of Mexico To 'Gulf Of America'

President-elect Donald Trump announces his "Gulf of America" idea Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” because “it’s ours.”

“We’re 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,” Trump said of the ocean basin that borders five US states to the north and Mexico to the south.