MEXICO has stepped up in it’s fight against Donald Trump by spectacularly demanding Google Maps change the United States’ name online.
This follows a fiery row between the two nation’s leaders over the US commander-in-chief’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.
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AFPMexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested the United States be renamed to America Mexicana[/caption]
TwitterGoogle Maps has changed the basin’s name to the ‘Gulf of America’ on it’s US site[/caption]
Trump followed his pre-inauguration promise to change the body of water to the Gulf of America, in a shock executive order.
The tech giant quickly followed suit and complied with the presidents wishes on Google Maps.
This change has been visible in the US, but will remain as the Gulf of Mexico in Mexico.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has since hit back and suggested the United States be renamed “America Mexicana”.
Sheinbaum jokingly suggested earlier this month that North America – including the US – be renamed America Mexicana.
The Mexican leader pulled up a 1607 map which used the historic name for the area.
Sheinbaum revealed she has officially asked Google to update it’s own maps to include the historic boundaries and name.
She said: “We ask that when you put Mexican America in the search engine, the map appears that we presented.”
This comes as the Mexican President argued Trump was not within it’s legal rights to make the shock name change – citing a United Nations convention.
Sheinbaum said: “If a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles.
“It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico. This is what we explained in detail to Google.”
Google argued it made the change for United States users in line with the US Geographic Names System.
TRUMP’S WRATH
The US Presidents’ first two weeks back in The White House has seen him take no nonsense from his neighbors and enemies.
Trump has threatened to impose huge 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico – starting on Saturday.
The President argued this trade war against his neighbor was punishment for huge numbers of undocumented migrants crossing over their shared broder.
Trump has also threatened to impose the eye-watering tariffs onto goods coming in from his Northern neighbor Canada.
The President however has not confirmed whether oil imports will be excluded from his bubbling trade war.
Trump said his decision would hinge on whether the US and Mexico “treat us properly”.
SplashTrump quickly signed an executive order demanding the basin’s name change[/caption]
GettyClaudia Sheinbaum suggest Google Maps’ change was not legal[/caption]
His trade threats have proved to work for Trump as Colombia quickly caved into the US leaders demands after threats.
Trump unleashed his trade ultimatum last week when Colombian President Gustavo Petro initially refused to accept military planes from the US filled with deportees, on Sunday.
The US President posted online about his intention to impose a 25 percent tariff on Colombian imports and immediately revoke the visas of government officials.
Just two hours after Trump’s ultimatum, The White House said Bogota had caved and agreed to accept migrants.
Petro even offered his presidential plane to “facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots who were to arrive in the country this morning from deportation flights.”
TikTok, gender debate & JFK truth – the rest of Trump’s to-do list
BY Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
JFK ASSASSINATION
Trump promised to declassify a slew of classified documents on the assassinations of President John F Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
During his first term, Trump did release some documents related to the fatal shooting of JFK in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.
King and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated in 1968.
“In the coming days, we are going to make public remaining records related to the assassinations of President John F Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr Martin Luther King Jr and other topics of great public interest,” Trump said the day before his Inauguration.
Trump has not specified what kind of documents he hopes to release, but the details of the JFK assassination, in particular, have been a long-term source of debate.
A widespread conspiracy theory has suggested the involvement of the federal government or CIA in orchestrating and covering up his death.
TIKTOK BAN
Trump has repeatedly hit out at the plans to ban TikTok in the US – a wildly popular social media app with some 170 million American users.
After national security concerns tied to its Chinese ownership, the app was briefly shut down across the country.
But mere hours after Trump promised to reinstate it after taking office, American users could get back online.
The app returned quickly, however, lauding Trump as the reason for its return even before his official return to the Oval Office.
He then extended a 90-day period to keep it running.
GENDER DEBATE
Trump has previously vowed to reinstate a ban on transgender military service – something he brought in during his first term that Biden later axed.
“With the stroke of my pen, on day one, we’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” Trump said at a rally in December.
He is also expected to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
“And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high school,” he said.
“And we will keep men out of women’s sports. And that will likewise be done on Day One.”
CLIMATE CRUNCH
Trump has also promised to look at the cost of living and visit Los Angeles in the wake of recent devastating wildfires.
He is also expected to overturn President Biden’s climate policies, including those regarding the regulation of pollution or green job efforts.
It could also stretch to a ban on new wind projects or electric vehicle mandates.
He has already withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement—just as he did in 2017 before Biden rejoined in 2021.
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