The Gulf of America: How Distraction Politics Keep Screwing Us Over

While the powerful rename bodies of water, regular Americans are drowning in real problems. Let’s talk about who’s really benefiting from all this noise.

The Gulf of Distraction

On January 7, 2025, Donald Trump announced his bold new idea to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” During a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, he declared that the change was “appropriate” because the United States does “most of the work” in the region. Whatever that means. Not to be outdone in the theater of absurdity,…