Historian Greg Grandin Jokes About ‘Gulf of America’: ‘All You Have To Do Is Put an Accent on It and Everybody Would Be Happy’

[Clip starts UNKNOWN MALE ░░░░░░░░ to Mexico about this ░░░░░░░░ ends LEMIRE And that ░░░░░░░░ President Donald Trump earlier ░░░░░░░░ year signing a proclamation ░░░░░░░░ February 9th Gulf of ░░░░░░░░ Day as Air Force ░░░░░░░░ flew over that newly ░░░░░░░░ body of water The ░░░░░░░░ surrounding the president s ░░░░░░░░ to rename the Gulf ░░░░░░░░ Mexico and his newfound ░░░░░░░░ with the president of ░░░░░░░░ Salvador have led to ░░░░░░░░ tensions between North and ░░░░░░░░ America Pulitzer Prize winning ░░░░░░░░ Greg Grandin explores the ░░░░░░░░ of the Americas in ░░░░░░░░ latest book America Am ░░░░░░░░ A New History of ░░░░░░░░ New World The book ░░░░░░░░ at the history of ░░░░░░░░ two continents through a ░░░░░░░░ lens and argues much ░░░░░░░░ what happens in the ░░░░░░░░ is directly linked to ░░░░░░░░ South And Greg joins ░░░░░░░░ now Greg good to ░░░░░░░░ you congratulations on the ░░░░░░░░ GRANDIN Thanks LEMIRE So ░░░░░░░░ s start in the ░░░░░░░░ the present day There ░░░░░░░░ a lot of of ░░░░░░░░ fight over the terminology ░░░░░░░░ Gulf of America Some ░░░░░░░░ outlets refuse to use ░░░░░░░░ nomenclature And then we ░░░░░░░░ seen this partnership with ░░░░░░░░ president of El Salvador ░░░░░░░░ he s now even ░░░░░░░░ that American citizens could ░░░░░░░░ sent to the prisons ░░░░░░░░ Talk to us about ░░░░░░░░ this is representative of ░░░░░░░░ big brother little brother ░░░░░░░░ some ways relationship between ░░░░░░░░ Americas GRANDIN Yeah well ░░░░░░░░ United States and Latin ░░░░░░░░ have had a long ░░░░░░░░ going back centuries and ░░░░░░░░ that it was the ░░░░░░░░ between the Spanish Empire ░░░░░░░░ the British Empire But ░░░░░░░░ rename the Gulf of ░░░░░░░░ the Gulf of America ░░░░░░░░ really an argument within ░░░░░░░░ Trump s own head ░░░░░░░░ Latin Americans themselves understand ░░░░░░░░ as Americans Hence the ░░░░░░░░ of the book America ░░░░░░░░ rica right And so ░░░░░░░░ s it s not ░░░░░░░░ I mean obviously it ░░░░░░░░ a little obnoxious to ░░░░░░░░ to unilaterally rename the ░░░░░░░░ of Mexico which it ░░░░░░░░ been called since the ░░░░░░░░ the Gulf of America ░░░░░░░░ all you have to ░░░░░░░░ is put an accent ░░░░░░░░ it and everybody would ░░░░░░░░ happy.” (Laughter)