I recently learned that Mexico’s full name is The United States of Mexico, so we actually share the US part of our official names, but not the America part. So it would be more confusing to call Mexico America, and more confusing to call the USA just the US
I recently learned that Mexico’s full name is The United States of Mexico, so we actually share the US part of our official names, but not the America part. So it would be more confusing to call Mexico America, and more confusing to call the USA just the US
United States in America
That’s why I never say “the United States”, because it’s ambiguous and half the people will think I’m talking about Mexico.