I blame Trump

i could absolutely see someone whipping trump up into a frenzy over this. if he can demand that the gulf of mexico be renamed, why not demand that the order of the english alphabet be changed??
Although if we annex Canada, Greenland and Panama, we'll move up to 179!
it's embarrassing how long it took me to figure this out. at first i thought "why? the US either wouldn't have to change its name since United States of America would still work; or: any name change wouldn't affect its place in the list: United States of America, Canada, Greenland and Panama (USACGP!), or United States of the Americas, United States of America and Annexed Territories, or..." then it dawned on me. duh.