U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the [renamed / renaming] of the Gulf of Mexico. He wants the [trunk / body] of water, which is surrounded [of / by] the USA, Mexico, and Cuba, to be renamed the Gulf of America. [Shortly / Lowly] after his inauguration on the 20th of January, President Trump said: "America will reclaim its [rightfully / rightful] place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the [awesome / awe] and admiration of the [entire / entirety] world." He added: "We are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America." The U.S. Department of [an / the] Interior declared that it "is [proud / pride] to announce the implementation of name restorations that honor the [legality / legacy] of American greatness".
The USA's [Board / Plank] on Geographic Names can change the name to Gulf of America [on / of] official U.S. maps. However, there is no international organization with the [jurisdiction / justification] to mandate the global acceptance of place names. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has [composed / opposed] the name change. She [pointed / jabbed] out that the name "Gulf of Mexico" has existed for over four centuries. She also [sighted / cited] the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which [stipulating / stipulates] that a country's sovereign territory only extends 19 kilometres from its [contour / coastline] . She retorted that if there [were / have] to be name changes, the United States should be called "Mexican America," as [depicted / impacted] on a map of the continent from 1607.
