There is no gulf with that name anywhere in the world.
You'll have to go back and figure out what you mean. Feel free to let us know once you find the name of a real gulf.
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Can the president unilaterally change the names of anything he wants? Seems like there at least needs to be a vote on this.
Can the president unilaterally change the names of anything he wants?
Maybe for things inside his own country. Though the affected local governments may object.
But for bodies of water that contain international waters, and that border other countries? Fuck no he doesn't.
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As a Trans person I feel soooo bad /s
Did Dan Crenshaw contact the Gulf to ask how it wants to identify itself?
yes, but it asked to be called "The Rainbow Gulf"... and he decided to maybe forget that ever happened.
Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere, but who even has the legal right to rename the gulf? It doesn't belong to USA, right? So we can't just rename it, right? If we did, everybody else in the world would keep calling it The Gulf of Mexico, right?
If we did, everybody else in the world would keep calling it The Gulf of Mexico, right?
Most countries don't call it "The Gulf of Mexico". For example in my country it's "Mexický záliv".
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Let's just call it the gulf of shit and dump all conservatives in there.
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Probably a good time to try and sell maps and globes to red school districts.
You know some friend of the administration already took that spot. It was probably their idea in the first place.
Only about a third of the Gulf of Mexico is US territory, so how can the US president unilaterally rename it? Seems Mexico has the larger claim to naming rights.
Should rename it the Persian gulf or the Arab gulf and watch as people get even more confused.