Trump Pushes 'New America' Rename for New Mexico, Citing 1 'Vote-Cheating' State
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 8
Trump Pushes 'New America' Rename for New Mexico, Citing 1 'Vote-Cheating' State
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 8
Summary
Trump used a weekend social media burst to promote renaming New Mexico as “New America,” casting the state as “one of the great vote-cheating states of all time.”
The proposal came as his Iran war entered its seventh month, with Trump again posting through a conflict he had repeatedly said would end within days or weeks.
That renaming push fits a broader pattern: Trump has also floated “Gulf of America,” “Lake America” and even “Trump Strait” for the Strait of Hormuz.
Critics, including New Mexico Democrats in earlier backlash, have framed the branding ideas as distractions from a prolonged war and record diesel prices.