On the evening of February 20th local time, the US President Trump said during a political rally that he would sue the news agency that refused to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America". He also called it a "radical left - wing organization".
On January 20th, Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America". On February 9th, he signed a proclamation to establish February 9th of each year as "Gulf of America Day". This move has been opposed by many parties. The news agency refused to use the new name "Gulf of America" in its reports, and its staff were banned from entering the White House Oval Office and Air Force One.
In a previous statement, the news agency pointed out that "the name Gulf of Mexico has been in use for more than 400 years", and Trump's executive order "only has authority within the United States".