President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed using the 17th-century name in response to President-elect Donald Trump's comment he'd try to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Trump has butted heads with Sheinbaum, a leftist scientist who became Mexico’s first female president in October, since he won re-election. The beef began over Trump’s pitch to slap 25 percent tariffs on Mexican imports—a measure that Sheinbaum has pledged to match if Trump actually implements such a measure.