President Donald Trump doubled down on his ban of the Associated Press from key White House spaces, saying the news organization would be denied access until they refer to the body of water previously known as the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

“We are gonna keep them out until such time that they agree that it’s the Gulf of America,” Trump told reporters at a Mar-a-Lago press conference on Tuesday. “We’re very proud of this country, and we want it to be the Gulf of America.”

“The Associated Press just refuses to go with what the law is and what has taken place,” the president said, referring to an executive order he signed earlier this month that changed the gulf’s name.

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