Claudia Sheinbaum's suggestion came in response to Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

Claudia Sheinbaum gave a sarcastic history lesson to the president-elect, while Canada has also hit back at comments about it becoming the 51st US state.

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico also said Donald Trump was ill-informed when he said Mexico was “essentially run by the cartels.”