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Originally Posted by Worldseries27
it would seem the math is on the president's side of the equation. Your offering opinions. I'm offering math.
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The math: The Gulf of Mexico was named as such in 1552. The landmass known as Texas was part of Mexico.
Texas didn't become a state until the 1800's, after the Texan-Mexican war.
In the 1550's, Florida was inhabited by indigenous peoples, and Ponce de Leon, from SPAIN, came and brought assorted diseases with him. Florida didn't become a state until the 1800's.
The Gulf of Mexico was the Gulf of Mexico for 300 years BEFORE Texas and Florida became states. Another 150 years, totaling 450 years (give or take) until the US government thought it'd be a great idea to change its name.
My opinion - when the USA is the USA for more years than the Gulf has been the Gulf of Mexico, then maybe America will have earned the right to change its name. The gulf has only occupied the edges of the US since the mid-1800's, and that's less than 200 years. So get back to me in 250 years and we can talk about what I will call it then. Until then, it is, and has been, the Gulf of Mexico.