President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” during a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday.
“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said. “The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name.”
Since his election win, Trump has voiced his interest in adding additional land to the United States. He’s mentioned retaking the Panama Canal, merging Canada into the country, and purchasing Greenland. During his press conference, he refused to rule out using military force to reclaim the Panama Canal though he said the military wouldn’t be involved in any annexation effort of Canada.
“The Panama Canal was built for our military. I’m not going to commit to that,” he said in response to a question from a reporter asking if he would be willing to rule out military or economic coercion in retaking the Panama Canal.
“It might be that you’ll have to do something. Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country,” he added.
Trump opened his press conference by announcing a multi-billion dollar investment in data centers in multiple states by investors from Dubai. Hussain Sajwani, a notable Emirati billionaire stood alongside Trump, revealing that he had no plans to invest in the United States until Trump was re-elected.
“It’s been amazing news for me and my family when he was elected in November. We’ve been waiting four years to increase our investments in the US to a very large amount of money,” Sajwani said.
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During Trump’s last press conference in December, the president-elect stood alongside SoftBank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son and announced a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years.
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