Jimmy Carter lies in state at US Capitol, with Kamala Harris holding eulogy – US politics live

Former US president’s funeral to be held on Thursday; vice-president also expected to lay wreath at ceremony

Continuing his expansionist streak, Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico should instead be called the “Gulf of America”.

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory,” the president-elect said at his ongoing press conference in Mar-a-Lago. “What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.”

Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country. They can stop them. And we’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too, and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers. So we’re going to make up for that by putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada, substantial tariffs.

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