Trump says he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico after himself in rambling speech touting his ballroom and beautiful women

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump says he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico after himself in rambling speech touting his ballroom and beautiful womenTrump boasted that people are ‘loving’ his $400 million ballroom projectKatie Hawkinson Saturday 02 May 2026 03:24 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2969288","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gulf-of-mexico-speech-florida-palm-beach-b2969288.html","title":"Trump admits he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico after himself in rambling speech"}}CloseRelated: Trump says he thinks it’s 'treasonous' to say US is not winning war in IranSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMethod":"N...