President-elect Trump announced that the Gulf of Mexico will be given a new name.

“We will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring. “That covers a lot of territory,” Trump said on Tuesday. “The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it’s fitting.”

Trump made the announcement in his first press conference since Congress certified his election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. He opened the press event by announcing that DAMAC Properties would invest $20 billion in new data centers across the country and previewed a number of policy issues ahead of his inauguration this month.

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President-elect Trump delivers a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 7, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially enclosed sea that borders states such as Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, as well as Mexico.

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Trump gave no details on how his administration would approach renaming the body of water, but criticized Mexico for immigration problems in the U.S. under Biden in the White House.

Gulf of Mexico 1690, Visscher, N. (Picturenow/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“Mexico must stop allowing millions of people to flow into our country. You can stop them. And we’re going to impose very high tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada also comes through Canada and the drugs that come in.” “The number of transits is at record levels, record numbers, so we’re going to offset that by imposing significant tariffs on Mexico and Canada raise,” he said.

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Trump’s promise is his latest comment on land areas, including possible U.S. expansion

Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

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Trump has described Canada as the “51st.” “State” of the country, while his son and other Trump allies traveled to Greenland this week after Trump repeatedly called for the U.S. to acquire the autonomous territory under the Kingdom of Denmark.

“As someone who has traveled to some amazing places around the world as a nature lover, I’m excited to head to Greenland this week for a little fun,” Donald Trump Jr. told Fox News Digital about his trip to Greenland.

Hussain Sajwani, CEO of DAMAC Properties, speaks alongside President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago on January 7, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

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A familiar source told Fox News Digital that Trump Jr. is “stopping by for a quick day trip to film some fun video content for podcasts.” Trump Jr. will not meet with government officials while in Greenland, Fox Digital previously reported.

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Brooke Signman contributed to this report.