In a statement as audacious as it was provocative, President-elect Donald Trump declared on Tuesday his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the .

Trump wants to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to something more American - Trump was speaking at a press conference on Tuesday from Palm Beach, Florida when he made the remark

US President-elect Donald Trump set out some of the major policies he wants to implement over the next four years during a press conference held on January 7. While addressing Washington DC's future foreign policy and how he will tackle immigration, Mr Trump said he is planning to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

United States president-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to impose tariffs on Canada in his first news conference since the certification of his election win.

“The Texas economy is deeply connected with Mexico in particular, and also with Canada,” he said. “A lot of the business that Texas does with Canada, of course, comes through the oil side of things, where we import crude oil from Canada and refine it on the Gulf Coast.

"We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring," he told reporters.