President-elect Donald Trump said would rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" during a Mar-a-Lago news conference.

President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” during a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday. “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said. “The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name.”

"We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring," he told reporters.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the 78-year-old president-elect shared his plan for renaming the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,

Donald Trump has pledged to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” as he ramped up his rhetoric towards the US’s biggest trading partners ahead of the inauguration.

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.

After threatening to annex Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, Trump casually announced that he’s renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

The president-elect would rather see the body of water be named the Gulf of America, apparently. Josh Fiallo. Breaking News Reporter

President-elect Donald Trump told reporters he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."