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Trump plans to rename New Mexico "New America"
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Trump plans to rename New Mexico "New America"

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  • US President Donald Trump has hinted on social media that the state of New Mexico would be renamed "New America" ​​after previously renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
  • New Mexico Gov.
  • Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the suggestion, emphasizing the historical significance of the name and the state's Spanish-speaking population.

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Why It Matters

In his second term in office since the beginning of 2025, Trump has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" ​​and Lake Ontario "Lake America". These actions are part of a pattern in which he wants to add the term "America" ​​to geographical names.

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Trump repeatedly flirts with ideas of renaming places or bodies of water. He wants to place the name “America” as prominently as possible. Now he looks at the name of a US state.

Trump has a new idea for a rename (archive photo). Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/dpa

Washington. US President Donald Trump has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico, including a lake on the border with Canada, and now he is targeting a state in the southwest of the United States: New Mexico should become “New America”. At least that's what a Trump post on social media suggested, showing a map of the state with the word "Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "America."

The response from the state came promptly. “The name New Mexico is not up for debate,” wrote the state’s governor, Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, on Platform X. It existed before the United States even existed.

She accused Republican Trump of wanting to distract from the Iran war and the sharp rise in gasoline prices. While the White House wastes time coloring maps, her team in Nuevo México is making progress on things like health care and free child care, she wrote. With the Spanish-language name of the state, the governor probably underlined the deep roots of the Spanish-speaking population and their history in New Mexico.

Does Trump really want to rename an ocean too?

Trump has already ordered several name changes in his second term since the beginning of 2025. First he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” He recently ordered the renaming of Lake Ontario, through which the border with Canada runs, to “Lake America”.

Trump mused as he signed the executive order renaming the border lake: "We have a gulf and a lake. Now all we're missing is an ocean. So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific."

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What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • Trump will take formal steps to rename New Mexico if he continues to see public support for such symbolic changes.

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • Is Trump actually planning to rename oceans like the Atlantic or Pacific?
  • Will the federal government take legal action to enforce such renaming?
  • What is the official reaction of the people of New Mexico to the proposal?

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