On social media, many users shared humorous images that mocked what some referred to as Trump’s “obsession” with Mexico and the unusual nature of his decision.

Some soccer fans jokingly suggested that Trump was honouring the well-known Mexican football team, Club América.

A former resident of Veracruz told CNN, “You can’t change something overnight, what we’ve grown up with – history, geography, all that. You can’t be so authoritarian that you can change it from one day to the next.”

Another Mexico City resident called Trump’s order “so childish.”

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her government will send a letter to Google after the internet giant said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the US.

“We are sending a letter to Google first to tell it: I suppose Google Maps will know about this international division, it will also know which organization is the one that gives the name to the international seas and what would correspond in any case to the continental shelf,” Sheinbaum said.

“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

Google Maps announced changing the name of “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

The change will be visible in the US, but the name will remain “Gulf of Mexico” in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.

The US government said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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