Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America,’ questions Trump’s authority

After months of talking smack, Mexico has finally filed a lawsuit against Google for going along with Trump’s Gulf of America name change.

“The lawsuit has already been filed,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday, according to The Guardian.

She’s angry that Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps in accordance with President Donald Trump’s executive order from earlier this year.

She had warned that a lawsuit was incoming as recently as February:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Mexico says they will take Google to court over Gulf Of America pic.twitter.com/jjEsOyLwsB

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 17, 2025

“Google has no right to rename Mexico’s continental shelf,” she said at the time. “It has no right. Neither the continental shelf of Cuba, because the Gulf of Mexico is divided between the three countries.”

“The government of Mexico will take the appropriate legal actions as deemed necessary. We will wait for Google’s response, and if not, we will proceed to court,” she added.

What she wants is for only the United States’ continental shelf to be renamed on Google on the grounds that America doesn’t have the “authority” to rename the other shelves.

“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 said Friday.

All this comes after Google started renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for its U.S.-based users in February. When initially pressed by Mexico, Google defended the decision.

“We would like to confirm that people using Maps in Mexico will continue to see ‘Gulf of Mexico,’” Google wrote in a letter to Mexico, according to CNN. “People in the US will see ‘Gulf of America’. Everyone else will see both names.”

BREAKING: Google Maps OFFICIALLY changes the Gulf of Mexico to THE GULF OF AMERICA.

It’s BEAUTIFUL pic.twitter.com/rInI9K2qWB

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 10, 2025

Sheinbaum reportedly responded to the letter with one of her own.

“Any reference to the ‘Gulf of America’ initiative on your Google Maps platform must be strictly limited to the marine area under U.S. jurisdiction,” she wrote.

“Any extension beyond that zone exceeds the authority of any national government or private entity. Should that be the case, the Government of Mexico will take the appropriate legal actions as deemed necessary,” she added.

All this comes right after House Republicans voted on Thursday to codify the president’s name change. Reportedly sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the bill passed on Thursday would require federal agencies to update all their maps and documents with the new name.

We must codify all of President Trump’s executive orders by passing them in Congress.

Today, we are one step closer to making the rightful Gulf of America PERMANENT.

The Senate must pass this bill! pic.twitter.com/HON7q3hfrt

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) May 9, 2025

All Democrats and one rogue Republican, Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, voted against the bill.

“It just seems juvenile,” Bacon previously told CNN in regard to the name change and bill. “We’re the United States of America. We’re not Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany or Napoleon France. We’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.”

Bacon is now facing heavy backlash on social media.

Observe:

You should move to Mexico. What’s wrong with gulf of America. I’m glad it was changed. We don’t need democrat republicans like you.

— T freeman (@Tfreema94181255) May 9, 2025

Globalist Don Bacon claims he cares about a strong America with his calls for more U.S. involvement in the Russia-Ukraine War, but was the only Republican to vote against renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America.@RepDonBacon

— NJConservative (@NJPoster) May 9, 2025

Way to stand your ground showing us how you feel about the gulf of America! it’s great you stood so strong on such an important topic. You felt so strongly that you went against 211 of your fellow Republicans. you are a narcissist. Who do you represent? Yourself? SMH

— TND (@1970Reacher) May 9, 2025

It’s clear that @RepDonBacon hates America.

Don Bacon is the new Adam Kinzinger of Congress & shouldn’t be allowed to call himself a Republican.

Bacon was the only Republican to vote against renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America today.

— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) May 8, 2025

You will be primaried you sick fvck, gulf of America forever pic.twitter.com/AG1qNpr9wT

— promoetry (@WrestlingPoetry) May 9, 2025

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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