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Trump shares map that renames New Mexico as ‘New America’
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Key Points:
- President Donald Trump posted an image suggesting New Mexico be renamed "New America," crossing out "Mexico" on the state's outline, though no official effort to rename the state has been announced by the White House.
- Trump has the authority to rename geographic features like lakes but lacks constitutional power to rename states, which requires state-level action.
- Earlier, Trump signed executive orders renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" and the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America," moves seen as symbolic displays of presidential power amid tensions with Canada.
- New Mexico officials, including Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Senator Martin Heinrich, rejected Trump's renaming suggestion, emphasizing the state's name is not up for debate and criticizing the timing amid other national issues.
- Trump hinted at possibly renaming the Atlantic and/or Pacific Oceans next, continuing his pattern of proposing geographic name changes.
