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Trump Mobile Withdraws Coverage Map After Labeling Gulf of Mexico

The removal underscores friction surrounding Trump’s renaming order in the face of resistance by media outlets, tech platforms, foreign governments.

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U.S. President Donald Trump stops and talks to the media before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on June 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a mobile phone with his image on it, after his return from Pennsylvania, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION FROM "WASHINGTON, D.C." TO "JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND".
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Overview

  • Users spotted the Gulf of Mexico label on Monday and the map was pulled hours after Trump Mobile’s launch without explanation
  • Trump Mobile licenses the Trump Organization name and operates on Liberty Mobile Wireless infrastructure using T-Mobile data
  • The incident is part of a broader standoff over Trump’s executive order renaming the waterway, which has barred the Associated Press from White House events for refusing to use the new name
  • Google and Apple updated U.S. map services to adopt Gulf of America even as Mexico, the United Nations and the International Hydrographic Organization continue using the original name
  • Legal challenges are underway over the extent of presidential authority to rename a major waterway, drawing criticism from intergovernmental bodies