In a news conference at his Florida home, Trump said he wanted to change the name of the Gulf "pretty soon." A Mississippi lawmaker already tried.

More than a decade ago, a Democrat floated the idea as part of a rebuke of anti-immigrant legislation proposed in Mississippi.

In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

While social media users debated whether Trump was being serious about the proposal, others wondered if such a change was even possible. Whether or not it could logistically happen — which CBS News reports is possible within the U.

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It's not the first time renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America has come up. In 2012, Democrat state Rep. Steve Holland of Mississippi proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, or at least the portions that touch the state.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Will the world follow? What will maps say if he does?

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas all share the coast, along with the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. Can Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico? He's not the first to suggest it.

“If we are going to rename things … this is the move,” Abbott wrote on X.

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What's in a name? President-elect Donald Trump held a presser on Tuesday where he rambled off many statements — but one that stuck out was he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."