After the tweet spread, others began using the same map of South America as surreal punchlines to jokes. User @GRAVEMINDS posted a joke that gained over 30 retweets and 130 likes (shown below, left).

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo responded with a counter-offer to President-elect Donald Trump's plan to rename the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to change world maps. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, he announced that he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. “We’re going to be changing ...

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to change world maps. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, he announced that he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. “We’re going to be ...

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo opened a Wednesday news conference in Mexico City with a 17th Century map of North and South ... changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," he said.

Paola Vargas Arana/Usifo Omozokpea/Open Street Map During a tough journey that took months in the bottom of filthy wooden vessels, they were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean. They would ...