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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 103 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn. Boomer politicians scraping the bottom of the barrel so hard now we're stealing from China's playbook? "It's not Cuba, it's American Taipei."

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 98 points 2 days ago (11 children)

But Mexico has 63 more miles of coastline on the Gulf than the USA does. We should just leave it alone.

Wouldn't surprise me if this was inspired to circumvent the new ban on oil drilling Biden just enacted. "We're drilling in the Gulf of America, not the Gulf of Mexico."

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 59 points 2 days ago (8 children)

The US doesn't have exclusive rights to "America" as a name. In fact strictly speaking "Gulf of America" is not a bad name since it is the largest gulf in the Americas AFAIK.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fine. I’m calling it Gulf of the Americas and reminding everyone that the Americas are the continents, not the country.
A visionary and inclusive move!

^the^ ^increasingly^ ^loud^ ^hum^ ^of^ ^cognitive^ ^dissonance^ ^in^ ^the^ ^face^ ^of^ ^a^ ^nonsensical^ ^reality^ ^grows^ ^slightly^ ^higher^ ^pitched^

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I say USA will now be called ‘Bunch of Dumb Fuck Heads’ My mom already approved it.

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What an utter fucking buffoon. This man shouldn't be trusted to use a fork without protective eyewear let alone run a god damn country.

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[–] Pippipartner@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Holy Lilith it's gonna be so awkward when the Europeans have to make invasion plans together with the Chinese because Trump is Blitzkrieg-ing through America.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, I guess each country has the right to make up their own names if they want to…

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