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Politics
Alex Galbraith

Sheinbaum clowns Trump's Gulf plans

Claudia Sheinbaum is taking the air out of Donald Trump's plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mexican president responded to President-elect Trump's contention that the sea should have a more U.S.-centric designation by showing a map from 1607 during a Wednesday press conference. The map, which predates the founding of the United States by more than 150 years, labels all of North America as "América Mexicana” (“Mexican America”). 

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