On February 9, 2025, Google recognized Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on borders covering American sea borders. However, Google, on the 9th of this month, would rename the Gulf of Mexico as a whole to the Gulf of America.

U.S maritime borders take up a much smaller seabed of water opposed to Cuba and Mexico, that have territory of a much larger body of water in the Gulf. Considering this fact, there was a lot of backlash from not only American and Mexican citizens, but the Mexican president herself, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Sheinbaum would explain how a country’s sovereignty sea border can only extend 12 nautical miles from the mainland. She would also publicly expose a letter from Google’s VP of government affairs and public Policy, Cris Turner.

In the letter, Turner would state that the approval was made off of standard procedure. Essentially saying that the system of procedure can be challenged by different countries’ affairs and views.

She would also openly express a letter written by Mexico’s Foreign Secretary, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, in which he would state “under no circumstance will Mexico accept the renaming of a geographic zone within its own territory and under its jurisdiction’ and would take legal action if necessary.”

With tensions rising with Mexico over not only the renaming of the Gulf, but with rising tariffs, deportation and immigration policies, and border tensions. Mexico may not be an ally by the end of this term if tension keeps arising.