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Restricting The Associated Press
Trump reiterated his position that he will restrict The Associated Press' access to his events and news conferences until the outlet agrees to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
President Trump on @AP: "The Associated Press just refuses to go with what the law is and what is taken place. It's called the Gulf of America now. It's not called the Gulf of Mexico any longer...They're doing us no favors and I guess I'm not doing them any favors." pic.twitter.com/34rAMWJFKP
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The AP issued style guidance on Jan. 23 that they would not be following along with Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, though they would be reverting to calling the Alaskan peak Denali its former name, Mount McKinley.
"We will use Gulf of Mexico, while acknowledging the name Gulf of America in our copy," the AP said.
Responding to a reporter's question about the issue, Trump said, "We’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America. We’re very proud of this country, and we want it to be the Gulf of America."
AP's Stylebook — which is used as a the standard for most U.S. news outlets — prohibits the term "illegal immigrant," while advising the use of "gender-affirming care" to describe trans procedures and the capitalization of Black and not white in racial descriptions.
The reporter noted that Trump's advisers are "concerned about that being an encroaching amount of liberalism in the way in which the press writes about things."
Claiming some of the phrases the AP mandates are "ridiculous" and "obsolete," Trump added that the organization "has been very, very wrong on the election on Trump and the treatment of Trump and other things having to do with Trump and Republicans and conservatives. And they're doing us no favors. And I guess I'm doing them no favors. That's the way life works."
According to Axios, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich said earlier this week that the White House's concerns about the AP are broader than simply the Gulf of America issue.
"This is about AP weaponizing language through their stylebook to push a partisan worldview in contrast with the traditional and deeply held beliefs of many Americans and many people around the world," he told the outlet.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to jon.brown@christianpost.com
