Trump proposes renaming Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'

US President-elect also unveiled a $20 billion Emirati investment in US data centers

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Incoming US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in his latest eye-catching plan as he prepares to take office later this month.

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring,” he told reporters.

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“It’s appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country.”

President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to something more American.

Trump was speaking at a press conference on Tuesday from Mar-a-Lago when he made the remark.

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring,” Trump said. “That covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.”

President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to something more American.

Trump was speaking at a press conference on Tuesday from Mar-a-Lago when he made the remark.

The president-elect said the country “has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into” the U.S. and repeated his threats to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

Florida, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have a coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.

$20 billion Emirati investment

He also unveiled a $20 billion Emirati investment in US data centers, as he sought to boost his claims of attracting new economic support before he becomes president.

"The investment will support massive new data centers across the Midwest, the Sun Belt area, and also to keep America on the cutting edge of technology," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

"Artificial intelligence is very big into the data centers, and that's going to be a very hot item in the coming years."

Trump said the arrangement was with DAMAC Properties, with which he has a longstanding business relationship, including a golf course in Dubai.

Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of DAMAC, has been a close partner to the Trump family, and stood by the president-elect after the attack on the Capitol in 2021, when other businesses turned away.

The latest advancements in artificial intelligence have created a huge need for data centers, with big tech companies spending massively to build new infrastructure around the globe.