During a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the 78-year-old president-elect shared his plan for renaming the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” Trump told reporters.
So, the way a geographical feature gets named, or renamed, is if the rest of the world recognises it as such.
Sometimes a name change of a feature, or the annexation of a region, gets internationally recognised not because everyone agrees to it, but everyone wants to stay on diplomatic good terms.
There’s a similar situation going on with the Persian Gulf/Arabic Gulf.
So, the way a geographical feature gets named, or renamed, is if the rest of the world recognises it as such.
Sometimes a name change of a feature, or the annexation of a region, gets internationally recognised not because everyone agrees to it, but everyone wants to stay on diplomatic good terms.
There’s a similar situation going on with the Persian Gulf/Arabic Gulf.