Trumping Names

Dylan Smith, ‘Rite Artist
February 12, 2025
Trumping Names
Dylan Smith

In his debut editorial cartoon, senior ‘Rite Artist Dylan Smith provides a glimpse of President Donald J. Trump’s evolving plans for renaming additional U.S. landmarks. Yesterday, the White House banned an Associated Press reporter from the Oval Office because the AP, an international news service, continues to use the name Gulf of Mexico despite Trump’s executive order renaming it the “Gulf of America.” While in the air above the gulf Feb. 9, Trump declared the day “Gulf of America Day.”

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