US EditionTrump Mobile pulls coverage map after ‘Gulf of Mexico’ label sparks chatter online
- Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. launched Trump Mobile, a U.S. Android-based phone service, on Monday backed by the Trump family name.
- The launch followed Donald Trump's January executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has faced international rejection.
- Soon after the service debuted, users pointed out that Trump Mobile's coverage map identified the Gulf of Mexico rather than using the name "Gulf of America," which is favored by Trump, leading to public backlash.
- In response, Trump Mobile removed the coverage map page, leaving a 404 error, and the map has remained offline amid efforts to correct the naming issue.
- The controversy added an obstacle to the Trump Mobile rollout, highlighting tensions over the Gulf naming and complicating the venture’s attempts to leverage political support.
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Trump Mobile, the new mobile phone operator introduced on Monday by the sons of US President Donald Trump, withdrew the company's signal coverage map from its website this Tuesday, after social media users stressed that it included the term ‘Golfo de México’. The company deactivated the link to the map showing the geographic scope of its signal reception after many netizens stressed that the body of water in eastern Mexico had been labeled ‘Golf…
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, does not forgive anyone who uses the title Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf of Mexico. At the end of a decree, Trump wants to erase the story and that in his country he is called Gulf of America (meaning America by the United States). The Associated Press agency was vetoed in the Oval Office and the White House for following his own criteria, in a kind of warning to sailors that combines with his auth…
Just a few hours after the launch on Monday of Trump Mobile, which promoted smartphones manufactured in the United States, the company withdrew its coverage map after some users noticed a curious detail: the water space in South Texas appeared labeled as "Mexico's goblin" instead of Trump's preferred name, "America's goblin."The name of this international water zone has been a hot topic after President Trump signed an executive order at the begi…
Trump Mobile pulls coverage map after ‘Gulf of Mexico’ label sparks chatter online
Just hours into Trump Mobile's Monday launch touting American-made smartphones, the venture pulled its coverage map after sharp-eyed users noticed a curious detail: the body of water south of Texas was labeled as the Gulf of Mexico instead of the Trump-preferred name, Gulf of America.
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