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Trump bars AP from Oval Office event for refusing to use "Gulf of America"

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I'm interested in some theories as to what Trump's strategy with this sort of thing is.

Clearly it's trolling. Clearly he hates the press. Clearly he's trying to play to the 'Murica! crowd with the Gulf of America thing.

But assuming that he's not just gone full Caligula (which isn't a slam dunk assumption), there has to be some kind of an explanation for what he's trying to accomplish. Is it part of his flooding the zone strategy -- by putting something out there that is at once so stupid and meaningless, but also certain to garner lots of attention?

Is it demonstrating to the press that he knows how to push their buttons and make them dance?
 
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I'm interested in some theories as to what Trump's strategy with this sort of thing is.

Clearly it's trolling. Clearly he hates the press. Clearly he's trying to play to the 'Murica! crowd with the Gulf of America thing.

But assuming that he's not just gone full Caligula (which isn't a slam dunk assumption), there has to be some kind of an explanation for what he's trying to accomplish. Is it part of his flooding the zone strategy -- by putting something out there that is at once so stupid and meaningless, but also certain to garner lots of attention?

Is it demonstrating to the press that he knows how to push their buttons and make them dance?
Not sure, but I do like the change. Gulf of America really does have a nice ring to it.
 
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I'm interested in some theories as to what Trump's strategy with this sort of thing is.

Clearly it's trolling. Clearly he hates the press. Clearly he's trying to play to the 'Murica! crowd with the Gulf of America thing.

But assuming that he's not just gone full Caligula (which isn't a slam dunk assumption), there has to be some kind of an explanation for what he's trying to accomplish. Is it part of his flooding the zone strategy -- by putting something out there that is at once so stupid and meaningless, but also certain to garner lots of attention?

Is it demonstrating to the press that he knows how to push their buttons and make them dance?
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I'm interested in some theories as to what Trump's strategy with this sort of thing is.

Clearly it's trolling. Clearly he hates the press. Clearly he's trying to play to the 'Murica! crowd with the Gulf of America thing.

But assuming that he's not just gone full Caligula (which isn't a slam dunk assumption), there has to be some kind of an explanation for what he's trying to accomplish. Is it part of his flooding the zone strategy -- by putting something out there that is at once so stupid and meaningless, but also certain to garner lots of attention?

Is it demonstrating to the press that he knows how to push their buttons and make them dance?
The AP is too stupid to be in the Oval Offfice.

 
Not sure, but I do like the change. Gulf of America really does have a nice ring to it.

Just glancing at a map it appears that we do have more coastline in contact with it than Meh-e-co...

Can't say it bothers me much one way or another but if the Democrats hate it, I'm for it; they haven't been on the right side of history for awhile now...

He's just screwing with his detractors and throughly enjoying it... Like I said: be happy he's not a drinker...

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Just glancing at a map it appears that we do have more coastline in contact with it than Meh-e-co...

Can't say it bothers me much one way or another but if the Democrats hate it, I'm for it; they haven't been on the right side of history for awhile now...

He's just screwing with his detractors and throughly enjoying it... Like I said: be happy he's not a drinker...

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The Gulf of Mexico was named in 1550. 225 years before the United States existed.
Back then, the Spanish controlled essentially the entire southern portion of North America.
Florida was ceded to America in 1819, Louisiana in 1803 (Louisiana Purchase), and Texas in 1845.

So Mexico (/Spanish) owned the majority of the gulf for ~300 years. We've had the majority of it for ~180.

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Just glancing at a map it appears that we do have more coastline in contact with it than Meh-e-co...

Can't say it bothers me much one way or another but if the Democrats hate it, I'm for it; they haven't been on the right side of history for awhile now...

He's just screwing with his detractors and throughly enjoying it... Like I said: be happy he's not a drinker...

🍺🇺🇸🍺
This is such a dumb thing. It changes nothing as far as territorial waters go. Very few, if any, nautical charts will be changed.
 
The Gulf of Mexico was named in 1550. 225 years before the United States existed.
Back then, the Spanish controlled essentially the entire southern portion of North America.
Florida was ceded to America in 1819, Louisiana in 1803 (Louisiana Purchase), and Texas in 1845.

So Mexico (/Spanish) owned the majority of the gulf for ~300 years. We've had the majority of it for ~180.

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Mexico didn't "own" the gulf. They have territorial waters that extended 12 miles into the gulf same as the US did and does. This does not change with the name, which really isn't going to change.
 
The AP is too stupid to be in the Oval Offfice.

If intelligence matters, why is Trump allowed in the oval office?
 
If intelligence matters, why is Trump allowed in the oval office?
He’s making moves your limited intellect is incapable of appreciating. At first blush I thought why is Father doing this stuff. Why is this our focus? This wasn’t the campaign pledge.

We didn’t know what we needed.

Hegemony.

We’re re-establishing our standing and reminding Mexico and, more importantly, Denmark, where they are in the pecking order.

So if Americans have to miss a meal a day. So be it. Theyll be full from pride.

#Fatherfathering
 
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