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Donald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislation (people.com)

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[–] ObsidianNebula@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

if so wouldn’t that just end up with the USA following strange semantics other countries don’t?

When it comes to renaming external locations like this that are used by multiple countries, I would imagine it would be a case of how wide the rename is adopted. If I had to take a guess, renaming the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean in more US-centric names isn't as likely to catch on globally and will probably just result in confusion when people from different countries are referring to the same thing.