Trump Shares Map With New Name for New Mexico

First the Gulf of America. Then Lake America. And now, New America? President Trump shared an image on Truth Social on Sunday that crossed out "Mexico" in New Mexico and swapped in "America." The image came after a bogus claim on social media that Trump had signed an executive order to rename the state—a claim Snopes traced back to a satirical account and labeled false, per the Hill. The official White House account on X later reposted Trump's map, though neither Trump nor the White House explained the reason behind the post.

The president doesn't have the authority to rename states, per CNN, and New Mexico Democrats quickly pushed back. "Three things I will always call by their actual names... The Gulf of Mexico. Lake Ontario. New Mexico," Sen. Martin Heinrich wrote on X. Rep. Melanie Stansbury questioned why the president was suggesting changing a name that "has been here since long before the United States was even an idea," while Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham accused Trump of "coloring on maps" to "distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran." One Republican appeared to back "New America," however, with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah calling it "kind of catchy."