{"id":1840414,"date":"2025-05-08T20:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T00:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1840414"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T00:02:58","slug":"no-gulf-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/05\/no-gulf-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"No Gulf Is Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One consolation to all this \u201cGulf of America\u201d nonsense was that, as something done by executive order, it would be just as easy to undo when all of this is over. Was<\/em>. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would codify the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to \u201cGulf of America\u201d into law\u2014not only requiring federal agencies to comply with the change, but once signed into law it would take another statute to undo the change. The bill is now off to the Senate. CNN<\/a>, Guardian<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, another<\/em> gulf is in Donald Trump\u2019s sights. He\u2019s apparently planning to announce that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf of Arabia or Arabian Gulf during his trip to the Middle East next week: CNN<\/a>, Guardian<\/a><\/em>. The move is guaranteed (and possibly intended) to piss off the Iranians, who have been touchy about any attempts to use Arabian Gulf instead of Persian Gulf for decades<\/em> (previously: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which one\u2019s next<\/a>, do you think? Or will he go full nuclear and take sides on the Sea of Japan\/East Sea dispute?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously: Naming the Gulf<\/a>; Google Maps to Use \u2018Gulf of America\u2019\u2013Others Not So Much<\/a>; More Reactions to \u2018Gulf of America\u2019<\/a>; Google and the Gulf<\/a>; \u2018Gulf of America\u2019: Apple Conforms, AP Punished for Not Doing So<\/a>; \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 Isn\u2019t Going Over Well<\/a>; Is \u2018Gulf of Mexico\u2019 Worth Fighting For?<\/a>; \u2018Gulf of America\u2019: Compliance and Resistance<\/a>; A \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 Roundup<\/a>; \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 Update: AP Sues White House Officials<\/a>; If You Thought There Would Be Nothing More to Report About the \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 Nonsense, You Were Mistaken<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One consolation to all this \u201cGulf of America\u201d nonsense was that, as something done by executive order, it would be just as easy to undo when all of this is over. Was. 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Google Maps (screenshot) Three weeks to the day after Trump\u2019s executive order directing that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed Gulf of America, the new name now appears on Google Maps for U.S. users; outside the U.S. and Mexico, users see both names. 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