President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized the Associated Press’s continued use of “Gulf of Mexico” instead of “Gulf of America,” calling it “ridiculous” and underscoring his intent to restrict the agency’s access if it does not recognize the new designation.
White House officials temporarily banned an Associated Press reporter from a news conference last week after the outlet did not change its influential style guide’s stance on the gulf, which Trump ordered be renamed the “Gulf of America.”
“The Associated Press just refuses to go with what the law is and what has taken place. It’s called the Gulf of America now. It’s not called the Gulf of Mexico any longer. I have the right to do it,” Trump said.
Executive Orders are not laws they are directives. Which can be rescinded by a signature. Laws are legislation passed by the House and Senate and then signed by the sitting president which makes it a law.
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