Mexico's president sarcastically said that the U.S. should be called "Mexican America" after Trump's vow to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico also said Donald Trump was ill-informed when he said Mexico was “essentially run by the cartels.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum turned the tables on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s talk about renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” In what appeared to be a deadpan joke, Sheinbaum suggested the United States be known as “Mexican America” during a press briefing on Wednesday.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

I think that yesterday, President Trump was misinformed, with all due respect to President Trump,’ Claudia Sheinbaum stated after his Gulf of America suggestion

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested the States revert to a historic name for the territory, America Mexicana, in a clapback at President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of t

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge that he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The president of Mexico has suggested to Donald Trump that the United States should be renamed “América Mexicana”, in a sarcastic rebuke to his comments on the Gulf of Mexico.

Sheinbaum mocked Trump for his Gulf of America proposal by suggesting that the western United States be called “América Mexicana.”

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo responded with a counter-offer to President-elect Donald Trump's plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mexican president responded to President-elect Trump's contention that the sea should have a more U.S.-centric designation by showing a map from 1607 during a Wednesday press conference. The map, which predates the founding of the United States by more than 150 years, labels all of North America as "América Mexicana” (“Mexican America”).