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Trump Renames New Mexico 'New America' in Social Media Post
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In Short: President Donald Trump renamed New Mexico 'New America' in a controversial social media post on Truth Social, a move that quickly drew criticism from Democratic officials in the state.
President Donald Trump renamed New Mexico 'New America' in a controversial social media post on Truth Social, a move that quickly drew criticism from Democratic officials in the state.
While he has not signed an executive order to that effect, the post prompted immediate pushback from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján, who both emphasized the state's name has always been New Mexico and will remain so.
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- Trump’s post followed a satirical post that inaccurately claimed he had signed an executive order to that effect, which the fact- checking site Snopes quickly debunked.
- The satirical post followed Trump’s renaming, by executive order, Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico to Lake America and the Gulf of America, respectively.
- READ: Trump Media pitches premium Truth Social data feed (July 19, 2026).
- The move follows his earlier decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and restore the name Mount McKinley for Denali.
- Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, responded to Trump’s post, saying that Trump was trying to distract Americans, insisting that “New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate.” “While the President tries to distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran, gas prices keep soaring,” she said Sunday on X.
- Trump has long talked about renaming geographic landmarks.
- Trump has also suggested potential plans to change the name of one of the oceans on either side of the United States.