Trump’s Idea for ‘Gulf of America’ Was Set in Motion Nearly Two Decades Ago, Under a Different President
‘No one needs to know this has come up before. At least right now,’ United States Geological Survey researcher says in internal communication from January.
The Gulf of Mexico’s redesignation as the Gulf of America was conceived almost 20 years ago during the Bush Administration — a fact that President Trump failed to mention when he announced his desire to change the name in the weeks leading up to his inauguration.
A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that staffers at the U.S. Geological Survey tried to cover up that it was an old idea.
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