On January 7, 2025, Donald Trump proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico. The next day, at her morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum answered in a light tone, beside a map. “¿Por qué no le llamamos América Mexicana? Se oye bonito, ¿no?” (Why don’t we call it Mexican America? It sounds nice, doesn’t it?), she said. (Video in Spanish.)
She added that she did not see why the relationship should be bad. “Vamos a colaborar y entendernos con el presidente Trump, estoy segura de eso” (We are going to work together and understand each other with President Trump, I am sure of that), CNN Chile quoted her as saying.