Trump urges New Mexico to rename itself 'New America'

President Donald Trump has called on New Mexico to change its name to "New America," writing that the United States is "not Mexico."

• Trump wrote on Truth Social that New Mexico should immediately adopt the name, arguing "we are not Mexico, we are the United States of America."
• Trump claimed home values and incomes would rise and repeated his claims of rigged New Mexico elections.
• Trump has pursued other renames, signing an August executive order designating Lake Ontario "Lake America" and renaming the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" last year.
• Trump lacks constitutional authority to legally rename a state, a process that would require action within New Mexico.