𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘

 

Map from 1792 showing the Gulf of Mexico

The Associated Press, a not-for-profit news group founded in 1846, has sued three Trump officials for banning the news group from Trump events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.

Trump himself initiated the ban because of words the AP used in their reports, namely the "Gulf of Mexico" instead of Trump's preferred and recently-designated phrase, the "Gulf of America."

Of course, it's a bullying tactic, likely one not protected by the Constitution.

It's odd Trump chose this particular issue since many other journalists and news groups have reported on his repeated lies, his inciting of an insurrection, his criminal conviction and multiple frauds.

The case will be heard in U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C. by Trump appointed Judge Trevor McFadden.  The AP seeks an emergency hearing and court order to declare the ban unconstitutional and rescind it.