Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its Maps service.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google contesting the tech giant’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her government will send a letter to Google after the internet giant said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the United States.
One of President Donald Trump’s early initiatives is already bearing fruit: Google Maps said Monday that it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali to Mount McKinley for users in the United States.
However, according to the statement, Yandex Maps tries to keep track of synonyms for its search data base, so it will be possible to find the place by either of the two names
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The call did not go well and Trump was aggressive and confrontational with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, FT reported.
Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.
The Gulf of America. The United States of Greenland ... In theory, he could strong-arm Denmark over Greenland, and there would arise one of the more absurd international contretemps we’ve ...