Summary

Rep. Dan Crenshaw criticized Apple Maps for not renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as mandated by Trump’s recent executive order titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness.”

Crenshaw’s complaint reflects broader conservative frustration, as tech platforms and the global community continue to use the original name.

Critics compare the move to past nationalist gestures like renaming french fries “freedom fries,” accusing conservatives of embracing identity politics and culture wars despite their political dominance.

The name change is unlikely to gain international traction.

  • @[email protected]
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    5823 hours ago

    Wait, that really happened? I thought the gulf of Mexico renamed shit was just memeing. Google maps still shows the proper name instead of the tantrum name.

      • @[email protected]
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        2620 hours ago

        There is no legal mechanism to compel private companies to use the new name.

        There is also no legal mechanism to require any other country on the planet to pay attention to Trump’s stupid and pointless attempt at renaming it.

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      1318 hours ago

      It never will happen. We all keep calling it what it is, the gulf of Mexico. Easy.

    • Flying Squid
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      2621 hours ago

      I thought the gulf of Mexico renamed shit was just memeing.

      I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of “I didn’t think he would really do ____” in the coming weeks and months.

      I was under no such illusions. He has no one to stop him this time around.

      • wanderingmagus
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        117 hours ago

        I mean, in this case, he has the rest of the English-speaking world to stop him with stupid renaming. If everyone just refuses to call it anything other than the Gulf of Mexico, it’s not like he can do anything about it, especially if they’re outside of the US.

        • Flying Squid
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          16 hours ago

          Any trade or boundary or treaty agreement from now on between the U.S. and another country is going to have to work this out. Yes, that’s a smaller issue than a lot of others, but it is an issue.

          Meanwhile, inside the U.S., this renaming is going to cost Americans billions of dollars in things like new signage, new official maps, etc.

    • @[email protected]
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      719 hours ago

      It will be interesting to see what openstreetmap do - they have an “on the ground principle” that says to look at what the local signs say when naming something, but the data is tagged with a load of references to NOAA pages on historical treaties that the US signed (which obviously used the normal name for that area)

    • @[email protected]
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      420 hours ago

      I thought “we’ll build a wall and have Mexico pay for it” was just shit-talking, too.

      Trump has the habit of saying shit like this. His opponents will say “Oh god the cringe, it hurts”. His supporters will say “Oh shit, I didn’t think that we have to actually implement this? This will cause all sorts of expensive problems.”

      • @[email protected]
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        720 hours ago

        To be fair, that was just shit talking. He may have started building the wall, but Mexico didn’t pay for it