When President Donald Trump said that he would rename the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America,’ many people created memes, but the Mexican president is now fighting back.

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Friday (May 9) that her administration is suing Google for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America’ on Google Maps.

Google also allegedly rejected Mexico’s ‘repeated demands’ not to rebrand, according to the BBC.

Shortly into his second term, which began in January, Trump issued an executive order directing the US government to rename the Gulf.

President Sheinbaum told the assembled journalists that she would proceed with the court action but did not provide any specifics.

“The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum stated, but did not specify when or where it had been filed. “We only want the US government’s directive to be followed.

“The US government only calls a portion of the US continental shelf the Gulf of America, not the entire gulf, because it wouldn’t have the authority to name it.”

The filing comes after Mexico’s foreign affairs office urged Google not to proceed with the branding.

Cris Turner, Google’s VP of Government Affairs and Public Policy, had already contacted Sheinbaum.

In the papers given by the Mexican president, a Google representative stated that Google will not reverse the adjustments it has made.

Google Maps users in the United States see it as ‘the Gulf of America,’ while viewers in Mexico continue to perceive it as ‘the Gulf of Mexico.’ Everyone else refers to it as ‘The Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).’

The Google VP justified the revisions, stating that by altering the description, Google is adhering to ‘longstanding maps rules impartially and uniformly across all areas.’

The Associated Press was denied access to the White House after refusing to change the Gulf’s name in its stylebook, and Trump is rejecting federal court orders to restore them.

Google has not replied to Sheinbaum’s declaration of legal action.

The name change was done shortly after the executive order was signed, and Trump is still referring to and supporting the change, despite opposition from Mexico’s ministries.

The ruling only applies to the US and Mexico; other countries can ignore it and call it the Gulf of Mexico.

According to a State Department paper from the 1970s, the border between the United States and Mexico begins at the mouth of the Rio Grande and follows a predetermined line.

Faced with this, the House of Representatives approved a measure on Thursday that, if passed, will make the name change official and direct government agencies to update their maps appropriately.

Virtually all Republicans supported the bill, but it is unlikely to reach the Senate filibuster threshold of 60 votes.

Sheinbaum has already responded to Trump’s renaming proposal, proposing that the United States be called ‘América Mexicana’ or ‘Mexican America.’

She pointed to an 1814 foundation document that mentioned it in that way, then cynically said, “That sounds impressive, no?”