# After ‘Lake America,’ Trump suggests a new name for the state of New Mexico

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/after-lake-america-trump-suggests-a-new-name-for-the-state-of-new-mexico/
- Published: 2026-09-07T07:37:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-07T13:43:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lake-america-trump-suggests-new-name-state-new-mexico
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- White House amplified Trump's "New America" rename suggestion for New Mexico
- No formal renaming effort followed; a state name change needs more than a presidential post
- Echoes earlier "Lake America" and "Gulf of America" renamings

## Summary

The White House amplified President Donald Trump's suggestion to rename the state of New Mexico "New America", reposting a Truth Social image in which "Mexico" was crossed out and replaced with "America" on a map of the state. Neither Trump's original post nor the White House's repost on X offered any explanation or confirmed whether this reflected a genuine policy proposal, and no formal renaming effort was announced by either the White House or the office of New Mexico's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, who did not respond to requests for comment. Unlike geographic features, a US state's name cannot be changed by presidential action alone, so the gesture remained purely symbolic.

The post followed Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America" for federal use, signed days earlier amid US-Canada trade tensions, which directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to update federal naming records; Google and Apple subsequently updated their US maps accordingly. It also echoed Trump's earlier executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America". New Mexico's name predates US statehood by centuries, originating from Spanish explorers' use of "Nuevo México" in the late 1500s, retained after the territory joined the US in 1848 and through statehood on 6 January 1912.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: After ‘Lake America,’ Trump suggests a new name for the state of New Mexico](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lake-america-trump-suggests-new-name-state-new-mexico)
- [The Hill: Trump posts map labeling New Mexico as 'New America' after online hoax](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6074249-trump-posts-map-labeling-new-mexico-as-new-america-after-online-hoax/)

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