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Donald Trump: “I said, we're changing the name and now it's the Gulf of…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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'I Knew I Was going To Win When I Saw That': Trump Describes Working The McDonald's Drive-Thru

Published | Video Starts at 10:23

They went to sugar. Isn't that nice? I said, you got to go to sugar. Just like I said, why is the Gulf of Mexico called the Gulf of Mexico? I said, we're changing the name and now it's the Gulf of America. Has nothing to do with McDonald's, but maybe it does because it's very nice cycle. We have 92% of the shoreline. They have 8%. (10:23–10:28)

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Claims to have changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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