Mexico's president sarcastically said that the U.S. should be called "Mexican America" after Trump's vow to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

As is often the case with Trump, it’s unclear whether his remarks are to be taken at face value or if he's simply trying to stir the pot.

Claudia Sheinbaum's suggestion came in response to Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum doesn’t approve of this idea. At one of her recent press briefings, she pointed to a colonial-era map of North America that marked present-day states of California,

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum turned the tables on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s talk about renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” In what appeared to be a deadpan joke, Sheinbaum suggested the United States be known as “Mexican America” during a press briefing on Wednesday.

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