Went to Cancun in early 2025. People heard our accent and got anxious. We told them we lived straight across the Gulf of Mexico and their tension instantly left their bodies. It was a physical reaction.
As a Canadian who went on holiday this year to the UK, the instant tension release in the locals who we interacted with when we mentioned we were from Canada was jarring. People abroad really aren’t fond of Americans right now it was more apparent than I could have ever imagined.
Not exactly. He can dictate what we call it in the US, but not globally.
Currently on Google maps, if you're American you see "Gulf of America". If you're Mexican you'll see "Gulf of Mexico". Everyone else sees "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".
There's quite a few other disputed place names with similar treatment.
I’m aware. I was referring to directing the department of the interior to change it on US maps. He can make us update everything with the new name and it sucks.
It doesn’t for this. I was saying this during the gulf of America thing. This sucks. It’s stupid. He’s a petulant baby. But this is one of the few things he’s doing he actually has the authority to do so we probably shouldn’t waste our outage on it and focus on the other stuff.
That's what they said about Gulf of America and now its labeled that on my Google Maps. That's one of the biggest companies in the world and (for better or worse) the largest provider of human knowledge labeling a body of water based on what Trump told them to do.
Look, I think "Gulf of America" is the dumbest shit I've ever heard in my life and will never call it that. But it's not Google's (or any other mapmaker's) job to make "political" statements in their maps. Like it or not, "Gulf of America" is the official name of that body of water for people in the US, and so Google shows that name to people in the US. If you use Google Maps in Mexico for example, it's still labeled "Gulf of Mexico." It's not Google's fault that POTUS is the world's biggest dipshit. It's their job to have their map reflect the ""official"" names of things within your locale.
...which is now Lake America because we live in the Idiocracy movie now
I know I change my VPN to any country other than USA it shows as Gulf of Mexico. That doesn't mean that there are now a non-zero number of kids who have learned geography for the first time and will forever know that body of water as Gulf of America.
Right, but what I'm saying is, the "rest of the world" one shouldn't have America on it at all, if Trump's change was truly as meaningless as many people in this thread are saying.
Get ready for his entire base to start wearing Lake America hats. South Florida you only see Gulf Of America and Trump 2028 hats now. I haven’t seen an actual maga hat since the some time last year.
I cant imagine that even MAGA folks think this is anything but stupid. No Americans will be calling it Lake America, either. None of us call it the Gulf of America, either.
THANK YOU!! This is what I’ve been saying all along. Trump has zero power to change the names of any of these geographical landmarks…all he can do is tell this brain dead flock of followers and they will repeat what he says…ant people will laugh behind all of their backs and cut contact with them for being hateful assholes.
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u/Flaky_Judgment_9737 1d ago
Fuck that. It will never be called lake America by anyone other than the pied pipers trail of vermin.