Trump renews push to rename New Mexico New America, touts higher home values and incomes
President Donald Trump is giving New Mexico another branding pitch, urging the state to swap "Mexico" for "America" and suggesting the change could boost everything from home values to state pride."New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America.We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!" Trump wrote on Truth Social."The name would add great value and prestige to the State! Home Values and Incomes would rise, and you would be even prouder while saluting our beautiful American Flag!"The president also worked in a swipe at the state’s elections.AFTER 'LAKE AMERICA,' TRUMP SUGGESTS A NEW NAME FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICOPresident Donald Trump renewed his call to rename New Mexico "New America," suggesting the change would boost home values, incomes and state pride.
(Robert Alexander/Archive Photos/Getty Images/Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!" he wrote.MAP IT: DOJ ILLEGAL VOTING CRACKDOWN SWEEPS 17 STATES AS RAZOR-THIN ELECTIONS FACE SCRUTINYTrump offered no evidence in the post to support his election allegation or explain how a name change would increase property values and incomes.The suggestion revives an idea Trump floated last month, when he shared a map showing "Mexico" crossed out in red and replaced with "America." The White House amplified that post on its official X account.TRUMP TAUNTS CANADA ON RENAMING LAKE ONTARIO THE 'LAKE AMERICA' AMID RISING BORDER TRADE RIFTPresident Donald Trump speaks as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum looks on next to a map of "Lake America" during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug.27, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America." (Getty Images)Trump also pitched the change during remarks at the RNC Midterm Convention on Sept.9, suggesting neighboring New Mexico become "New America" and claiming the idea was popular."You have a n...