The Cradle – May 7, 2025
US President Donald Trump plans to announce that the US will officially begin referring to the Persian Gulf as the “Arabian Gulf” or the “Gulf of Arabia” during his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials who spoke with AP.
The announcement, expected during a keynote speech in Riyadh next week, marks a break with long-standing international convention and is seen as part of Trump’s broader effort to strengthen ties with Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar.
These countries have long advocated for the geographic name change, while Iran, which shares the longest coastline along the body of water, sees the name “Persian Gulf” as a key aspect of its national identity.
“Politically motivated attempts to alter the historically established name of the Persian Gulf are indicative of hostile intent toward Iran and its people, and are firmly condemned,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.
“Any short-sighted step in this connection will have no validity or legal or geographical effect, it will only bring the wrath of all Iranians from all walks of life and political persuasion in Iran, the US, and across the world,” he added.
The name Persian Gulf, like many geographical designations, is deeply rooted in human history. Iran has never objected to the use of names such as the Sea of Oman, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, or Red Sea. The use of these names does not imply ownership by any particular nation, but… pic.twitter.com/PQjUiph4qt
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) May 7, 2025
A US official characterized the change as a “historic reorientation” of US terminology to better align with its regional alliances. Trump himself hinted at a major upcoming announcement earlier this week, calling it “one of the most important” of his presidency.
The name of the Gulf has been recognized internationally as the “Persian Gulf” since at least the 16th century. The UN and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), responsible for standardizing sea names globally, continue to use this designation. While the US military has unilaterally used “Arabian Gulf” in internal communications for years, this would be the first time a formal White House policy adopts the alternative name.
In 2017, when Trump first used the term “Arabian Gulf,” then-Iranian president Hassan Rouhani urged Trump to “study geography.”
Under US law, Trump can direct executive agencies to adopt the new name, but permanent changes would require congressional approval and could be reversed by future administrations. Legal experts note the renaming has no bearing on international maps or global consensus.
Trump’s visit to the Gulf region, scheduled for May 13–16, also follows a controversial domestic attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” which led to a legal battle with AP. A federal judge ruled that the administration could not penalize media outlets for refusing to adopt the new terminology, citing First Amendment protections.
I rename Donald Trump, as Donald Hitler, and America is now called Nazi Amerika, and Israel is renamed Joolandia.
Donald Hitler is an embarrassment. He makes Biden appear rational. I’ve said this before, Donald Hitler is by far the most dangerous ram to have ever lived, and he’s not even one eighth into his current term.
Mind you, this show is free, until you see the white light, that the one before you hit the tunnel. lol
And Glenn Ashton to re-name HIM…
Trump the C*nt at the next away day at Ice Station Zebra next week !
A ‘very well done’ to anyone who knows where I’ll be 🙂
“A US official characterised the change as a “historic reorientation” of US terminology to better align with its regional alliances.”
Meaning of course jew alliances.
“Legal experts note the renaming has no bearing on international maps or global consensus.”
Meaning of course that the rest of the world couldn’t care less about what Trumpstein says because they all know his mouth is as big as his bloated belly and his brain is the size of his nuts.
I could be wrong, but I presume the people there call it whatever they call it in their own languages. It doesn’t matter what the “english” is. The last dozen or so remaining british call the sewer running past the immigrant invader enclaves on the south coast “the english channel”. The french don’t, obviously. It’s the same with “the north sea”, which isn’t north of anywhere to the east. I’d put in one of those bids to have the “mps” “debate” whether to rename the thames to “the immigrant invader sluice”, but they’d only ignore it, it being a “democracy” and all.
maybe we can rename a few other places
like the UK can become jewland
the USA can become LOF land of poofs
and israel can become world shithouse
and perhaps carl jones can be stupid c nt
This con man drumpt is an ignorant idiot, just pay attention how he speaks, more like a mafia gangster. He has no credibility what so ever. The only people that follow him are ignorant as he is. Sure, he wants to impress the leaders of the Opec countries since its leaders are mostly from the evil tribe of the Dönmeh Turks who in essence originated from jew tribes. The same Dönmeh tribe members of Turkey that murdered over a million Armenians back in the 1900s. This is a well ridden reality.
LOL…
Drumpf stumbling around with his foot in his mouth..he really is a vulgar imbecile…perfectly suited for his job…
The Persian Gulf happens to be also a gulf between Aryans and Semites, and I side with the Aryan Persians. Trumpetus Semiticus hasn’t
The North Sea was known as The Germanic Sea for centuries, wasn’t it?
So the Nazis have a new trade deal, it’s been signed, or has, but it’s a deal, we get dirt US beef, but as far a food standards go, they are still working on that, which is UK Nazi speak for ‘The US can send all their dodgy food’, it’s all coming to you.
Donald Hitler talks about cementing the deal, and that Nazi Amerika and Nazi Britain are the closest partners (Israel is their love child), when the reality, is that Amerika is going to bend the UK over whenever it wants something. The old lap poodle analogy doesn’t cut it any more.
I don’t know what Nazi UK is anymore. We’re not a country, and I don’t think we’re a state, like the 53rd state of Amerika. We are sort of adrift. The UK will still pay tariffs, but at the lower level, and Amerika will send us all their dirty toxic food.
I might add that Amerika has over 300,000 serious food poisoning cases per year. We’re not talking dicky tummy, we’re talking seriously ill.
Yet, no seems in the slightest bit concerned.
Like I said previously, the new Nazi Pope would be aligned with Donald Hitler & the Nazi West.
In the past, certainly since WW2, Popes have been Nazis. The last Pope aided the CIA in murdering jesuits in South America, and other Popes have their hands soaked in blood and covered in lamb shit. Some were even first generation Nazis.
Donald Hitler will be ecstatic, and now you know why he released an image of him being the pope.
Good to see Le Grande Orange has his priorities straight with his geography lessons, while remaining unconcerned with ending the ZOG central bank scam, the wars in the ME for Ziostan, the Convid vax genocide, Monsanto corrupting the food supply or any of the other myriad crimes against humanity committed by ZOG and its apparatchiks on a daily basis.
I have a better proposal – Drumpfelstein should name it Kike-Arabian Gulf.
We have us a King now! Hail to the Donald who has done nothing but shout his mouth off thinking somewhere someone must love me!
I rename America Bull shit land because bull shit is the main driving force of their culture, Put the Hammer down you fat bastards eat another three pizzas you vertical pigs.
America 1st orm America 2nd orm America 3rd orm at the loud mouth contest.
Gold medalist in verbal Diarrhea
Lil Donny Trump re-named The Gulf of Meximatosis The Gulf of Mount McKinlay, and no one gives a hockey puck so what does it matter?
@CARL JONES
ArskeNAZI JUDA is NAZIzion .
Trump the imbecile king of Murica on tour giving updated geographic lessons to the stupid whirled. Next, stop over Denmark/Greenland and than straight to the Vatican to slap the new elected poppie very jealously with sanctions and tariffs or an Granada like Invasion – just to purify the discriminating voting process of the holy church and taking up the sacred chair to the gates of theosophical heaven. Evangelicals around the whirled are getting really exited now!
please please get rid of carl jones
Whenever I want some good amusement, I come to the comments here. Not only are most commenters spot on and offer great insight with their comments, but the humour is unbeatable. I personally escaped from the lunatic asylum of which Donnie is currently head, nearly 40 years ago. The stupids there have finally got someone to represent their world class level of imbecility. They even beat their last one, which took some doing you could say. Well done stupids, I hope you enjoy seeing the place destroy itself as much as I do. I propose a couple of name changes too. Let’s rename the USA and their “absolutest bestest friend and ally” in the mideast to Greater Joolandia. JK is a good rename of the UK and Jurope better fits the continent there. Cheers everyone.
lol, a little much even for Trump innit.
Trump can’t choose between milking Arab countries first or making a deal with Iran first. He has no clear strategy, maybe he really do throw a dice before making a decision! I’d be happy the moment there is no more negotiations! US needs ~20% enriched uranium (HAELU) for the future advanced Small Modular Reactors of the 4th gen and they don’t have the capacity at scale yet, they could buy it from Iran. Problem is they don’t want Iran to be in this nuclear club, it is just another competition, all of the nuclear concerns are just a distraction.
It is Persian Gulf, the other one is Arabian “Golf” that Trump loves to play : )