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This is another "This is why blue states have laws against siblings breeding" moment.

Google should never have grovelled, and instead should have gone to one of the official geographic societies for correct nomenclature.

not some effete New York dandy who has probably never even gone fishing

There is no chance that Trump could outwit a fish.

Soon after the "renaming," I saw some comment that just said "Finally!"

Like you, I've never heard anyone complain about the name "Gulf of Mexico," and I've heard Republicans complaining non-fucking-stop for decades, since I first began paying attention to politics as a teenager. How weak and submissive does a person have to be to take such a stupid and petty grievance, and rewrite their own mind as though they were always upset by it?

Fishing, a hobby reliant on both skill and luck, where practioners must be patient for long periods of time...

Yeah, I just don't see Trump doing that. Even if somehow he were roped into a fishing event, he'd probably make someone else hold his fishing rod and do all the work. He'd still take credit if that person made an impressive catch, of course. But if they didn't catch the absolute Biggliest fish? He could simply deny having taken part in the activity.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder how many Trump voters would change their mind if Trump joined regular, working class people for a day of fishing. No, seriously. Although I don't fish, my dad's an outgoing fisherman, who chats up everyone with a rod out at the lake. I can imagine lots of fishers being excited to have Trump around - at first. But his boasting, his impatience, and his loud voice scaring fish could become very grating very fast. He'd probably have no idea how to hold a flopping fish, a skill that most fishers figure out while still kids, sometimes through the peer pressure of laughter... Which makes it easy to imagine Trump's illusion of "strong masculinity" shattering the moment a slimy fish tail flails across his orange face (go ahead - take a moment to picture it. You deserve a treat.) People would laugh, Trump would feel his ego bruise, and he'd react the way we all know he would - like a toddler.

Yeah, some voters would walk away with their opinions unchanged, but it would be very eye-opening for many.

I am from the Gulf coast and have always said, when describing where I'm from "the Gulf coast", but since all this bullshit I've been making it a point to say I'm from "the Gulf of Mexico", cause fuck that guy. But also it's fucking dumb, it's all just sea, who gives a shit. Next thing you know he'll be saying the "pacific of America"

A person is smart. People are stupid, what were you saying again?

“All we want is for the decree issued by the US government to be complied with,” Sheinbaum said.

“The US government only calls the portion of the US continental shelf the Gulf of America, not the entire gulf, because it wouldn’t have the authority to name the entire gulf,” she added.

this suit pertains to google's renaming of the entire body of water instead of just the bits over the u.s. continental shelf; or essentially the u.s. eez--which is no more than 200nm from land, less where it runs into another nation's eez.

that region extends roughly due east from the southern tip of texas to 200nm from flordia's gulf coast, then south until it runs into cuba's eez where it's then split between the two countries.

Because they are operating in Mexico and are subject to Mexican law.

It’s a petty thing that eats the available bandwidth of Trump’s lawyers. I’m all for it. Overload them with court cases.

You say that but there are some political judges that would jump at the chance to win against this one though

Hate to point it out, but it's an entirely different scenario.

43 USC §364.e: With respect to geographic names the pertinent decisions and principles issued by the Secretary shall be standard for all material published by the Federal Government. The United States Board on Geographical Names in the Department of the Interior created by Executive order, is abolished, and the duties of said Board are transferred to the Board herein created, and all departments, bureaus, and agencies of the Federal Government shall refer all geographic names and problems to the said Board for the purpose of eliminating duplication of work, personnel, and authority.

We didn't rename the Gulf, but the way its referenced from within the federal government (and its agencies) was changed by EO. Since Google is a government contractor, they're contractually obligated (and legally obligated) to follow the nomenclature expressed by the US board on geographical names or they risk losing all of their government contracts.

So did we change the name of the Gulf? No. Is it shown different to US residence now? Yes. Google additionally released a statement saying;

“a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”

If you want to see how insane people can be driven by nationalism, look at how bent out of shape the Greeks got over a country in the former Yugoslavia daring to call itself Macedonia. People think names have magic powers, even some nitwits here in Baja Scotland.

It all started with everyone applauding the “Freedom Fries”. Operation Full Stupid was initiated.

The world should call them the PSA. The Police States of America

Good god don't give him ideas

My bet is on a bifrontal Opiate War.

California was a region much larger than the state is now. Something like half is now in the US and half in Mexico.

Because it is surrounded by Baja California peninsula, for which it is named.

The only option is a US state name change back to Alta California and a re-formalization of Baja California’s bay as the Sea of Cortés.