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Trump Calls Body of Water Gulf of America in Official Speech
Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
President Trump: America 'just getting started' as nation celebrates 250 years
"From the now safe and beautiful capital of Washington. Thank you. Washington, D.C., are capital. Capital is now safer gleaming and beautiful again. It's safe again went from a very unsafe place 2 years ago to one of the safest cities in the country. And one of the most beautiful to that leaving waters of the Gulf of America."
Trump referred to a body of water as the "Gulf of America" during his July 4th speech, departing from standard geographic nomenclature. While the context suggests he may have been referring to the Gulf of Mexico, the phrase "Gulf of America" is not a recognized geographic designation. This represents either a deliberate renaming or a significant geographic error in a formal presidential address.
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