
During the US Labor Day holiday, US President Donald Trump caused controversy by posting more than 60 posts on the social media platform TruthSocial, ranging from a photo of a map that changed New Mexico to 'New America' to an AI-generated meme mocking Iran and Canada.
AI-generated summary
Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has been actively promoting his policies and image through social media, and has particularly focused on delivering political messages using AI-generated content.
From ‘New Mexico → New America’ renamed photos to surreal images surrounded by robots
Memes ridiculing Iran and Canada are also posted in succession to promote the 'greatest US president'
Blonde hairstyle turns brown, eye-catching... U.S. conservative media outlets “flooded with reactions on social media”
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = U.S. President Donald Trump is continuously posting numerous posts on his social media platform, Truth Social, even during the U.S. Labor Day holiday (5th to 7th).
In particular, on the 6th (local time), the second day of the holiday and Sunday, more than 60 posts were posted on his Truth Social account. Many of them were memes that appeared to have been created through artificial intelligence (AI).
What caught the most attention among the posts was a photo of a map that changed the name of New Mexico to 'New America.' In the photo, 'Mexico' was drawn with a red
As President Trump is obsessed with changing existing place names by taking his name or adding America, this is once again causing controversy as it incurs backlash from the US opposition Democratic Party.
On the 7th, President Trump also posted several photos of a map with New Mexico changed to New America, and a photo of a map showing that Canada and Greenland, including Canada and Greenland, are all U.S. territories.
Among the posts posted by President Trump over the past two days, there was an image of Lake Ontario, a lake bordering the United States, being changed to 'Lake of America' amid the trade war with Canada.
A cartoon image was also posted of himself playing ice hockey with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, saying "Get up, governor" to Prime Minister Carney, who is falling.
There was also a post claiming that the Strait of Hormuz is American territory, an image that changed the image of Iran on a map of the Middle East to resemble the profile of one's own face, and an image of oneself hitting Iran with a hammer with an American flag on it.
Several surreal images were also posted showing President Trump himself surrounded by combat robots with the words, "Give them nightmares."
A photo of Hulk Hogan wearing a red headband with the word 'MAGA' (President Trump's strong supporters, meaning 'Make America Great Again') and an American flag draped over his shoulders was also posted. If you look closely, the face is an artificial intelligence (AI) composite image of President Trump. There was also a composite image of him arm wrestling with Hogan, and he was smiling leisurely while Hogan was frowning as if he was in pain.
He re-posted a photo saying that he was the 'greatest' president among all U.S. presidents, and even posted a photo of himself riding a horse alongside the first president, George Washington, and an image of him inviting former President Washington to the Oval Office for a conversation.
Meanwhile, President Trump is spending this holiday season at his golf course in New Jersey, and when he arrived in New Jersey on the 4th and got off the presidential plane, he appeared with his hair color changed from blonde to dark brown.
Fox News, a conservative media outlet, said, "Social media was flooded with reactions," and even introduced the reactions of social media users, such as "Trump becoming a brunette was not on my bingo card in 2026," and "I think brown is the new blonde."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Democrats to issue formal statement or legal review of Trump's attempt to change New Mexico's name
Likely · Within days
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