The Trump administration barred the Associated Press from Air Force One and the White House's Oval Office on Friday, citing the wire service's reluctance to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by the administration's preferred term: Gulf of America.
In a post to X, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich said the outlet had a right to "irresponsible and dishonest reporting" but called the publication's commitment to the centuries-old name "divisive." (It's worth noting here that the Associated Press is not an arm of the federal government and is under no obligation to change the way they refer to places on the whims of the president.)
