President Donald Trump says his administration will continue to restrict The Associated Press' access to cover presidential events until the news agency goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.

President Trump told Axios' Marc Caputo on Tuesday that he will continue to restrict the Associated Press' access to the White House "until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America." Why it matters: Trump has targeted the AP,

The White House says it will limit Associated Press journalists’ access to the Oval Office and Air Force One, an escalation of a brooding conflict between the Trump administration and the

The White House had blocked an Associated Press journalist from a news conference with two major world leaders.

"The Associated Press continues to ignore the lawful geographic name change of the Gulf of America," a White House official said.

White House indefinitely bans AP from the Oval Office, Air Force One because it is still calling it the Gulf of Mexico and not the 'Gulf of America.'

The Associated Press, which serves news outlets across the globe, uses Gulf of Mexico but notes Trump’s renaming is as Gulf of America as well.

For the first time, President Trump himself said the Associated Press had to change its style on the gulf after the White House began not allowing the news organization to cover several of his events last week.

The AP says in its stylebook that the Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. As a global news agency, the AP says it will refer to the gulf by its original

President Donald Trump made his first reference on Monday to his White House war with the Associated Press—only to vow to maintain its indefinite ban of the news outlet. Trump called the wire service “obsolete” and said he would keep it barred from press engagements until it calls the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.