When the Trump administration barred Associated Press reporters from presidential events, it did so after an or-else demand that the news agency change its style from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,

The Associate Press has been barred from covering several White House events for refusing to use the term “Gulf of America” in reporting. University of Alabama Associate Professor A.J. Bauer explains what the broader implications are in this second Trump term.

Associated Press journalists have been blocked from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the organization has declined to use the term ‘Gulf of America.’