President-elect Donald Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America." Social media has opinions.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to President-elect Trump's plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico by joking about renaming the U.S. "Mexican America."

The "Gulf of Mexico" name is internationally recognized, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments about renaming the body of water.

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

Why does the gulf bear Mexico's name? It's actually not a reference to the modern state of Mexico, but rather to a Native American city bearing the same moniker, and it has borne that name for more than 400 years.

This month during a rambling news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his latest vision for revising the map of the world: “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, during a news conference from Mar-a-Lago the Gulf of Mexico will be getting a new name. "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring," Trump said. "The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name, and it's appropriate" Trump said.

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

OCEARCH has tracked Crystal up the eastern seaboard to New Brunswick, back down around the Florida Keys and into the Gulf of Mexico.

“THE FIRST OFFSHORE OIL WELL: First producing offshore oil well out of sight of land was completed Nov. 14, 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico forty-three miles South of Morgan City, Louisiana,” it say