President Trump's New Mexico Rename Rejected

President Donald Trump used Truth Social on Sept. 7 to endorse renaming New Mexico “New America,” posting a map with “Mexico” crossed out and “America” inserted and saying the name would be “more prestigious and beautiful.” He returned to the subject in a Labor Day posting spree, sharing seven additional “New America” posts in about an hour; an earlier map was reshared by the White House account. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other Democratic state officials rejected the proposal, saying the state’s name “isn’t up for debate.” The posts followed satire falsely claiming Trump had signed an executive order changing the name; fact-checkers debunked that claim, and presidents lack unilateral authority to rename states.