Oh My Gosh! Look What Mexico Is Going To Sue Over
Mexican President Sheinbaum Considering Lawsuit Over Renaming Of Gulf
And here we go—another example of leftist outrage over something that, quite frankly, most Americans couldn’t care less about. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is now threatening to sue Google over its decision to display “Gulf of America” on its maps—because apparently, this is the most pressing issue facing Mexico right now. Not the cartels running wild, not the border crisis, not the crumbling economy—nope, Sheinbaum’s top concern is what Google decides to label a body of water.
Let’s be clear: President Trump’s executive order renaming the U.S. portion of the gulf isn’t some kind of aggressive land grab. The United States controls 46% of the Gulf, and if Trump wants to give it a patriotic makeover, that’s entirely within our right. It’s no different from naming parts of international waters the “Bering Sea” or “Gulf of Alaska”—territories that multiple countries border but are still recognized by regional designations. But of course, Sheinbaum is acting like Google itself is trying to annex Mexican waters.
And here’s where it gets even more absurd: Google hasn’t even applied the “Gulf of America” label to international users! This change only affects U.S. users viewing the map inside the United States. Meaning, Sheinbaum is throwing a fit over what Americans call a body of water on their own screens. Newsflash: Mexico doesn’t get to dictate what the U.S. calls anything. We don’t tell them how to label their territories, yet they think they can waltz in and tell us how to name our own waters? Good luck with that.
Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente has even gone so far as to send Google an official letter demanding the name be changed back, warning that Mexico “under no circumstance” will accept a name change for waters under its jurisdiction. Under its jurisdiction? Last I checked, Google wasn’t some sovereign nation enforcing maritime law—it’s a tech company reflecting official U.S. government policies. But sure, let’s pretend Mexico has the power to demand how a private American company labels a map.
And the best part? The threat to sue Google if they don’t comply. As if a Mexican lawsuit is going to terrify a trillion-dollar corporation that barely blinks when U.S. lawmakers threaten regulation. Sheinbaum is grandstanding, plain and simple. She knows this lawsuit would go nowhere, but it makes for good headlines back home, where she’s desperately trying to distract from her country’s actual problems.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration isn’t backing down. The White House has reportedly barred AP reporters from attending Oval Office events or traveling on Air Force One after the outlet refused to use the new name. And honestly? Good. The media constantly refuses to acknowledge Trump’s policies, even when they’re official U.S. government actions, so why should they get special access when they deliberately undermine them?
This entire episode is a classic example of misplaced outrage. Mexico should be focusing on its own issues, not trying to police what Americans call a body of water. But sure, let’s act like a name change on Google Maps is a global emergency. This kind of nonsense is exactly why people are tuning out the outrage industry and focusing on real problems—ones that don’t involve arguing over what words appear on a screen.