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Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to 'New America'
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President Trump called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” following his decision to alter the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario to include “America.”
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Trump suggested renaming the predominantly Democratic state would cause home values and income to rise and suggested it would make the state's "crooked elections" be "honest again."
President Donald Trump reiterated his demand to rename New Mexico as “New America” on Monday. “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America! The name would add great value and prestige to the State…
President Donald Trump renewed his call to rename New Mexico “New America,” claiming the change would boost the state’s prestige, home values and incomes while making its elections more honest. State lawmakers criticized the idea, and changing a state’s name would likely require action by New Mexico…
President Trump urged New Mexico to rename itself "New America," claiming the change would boost home values and incomes, while taking a swipe at state elections.
President Trump now wants New Mexico to change its name to something that doesn’t offend him. Just like with the Gulf of Mexico, Trump wants the state to be called “New America” instead, he wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday. “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America.
In a Truth Social post Monday, President Trump made his most direct demand yet around an ongoing fixation: get “Mexico” out of New Mexico’s name. The president has posted and spoken repeatedly about his apparently burning desire to see New Mexico redubbed “New America,” dating at least to an early S…
President Trump called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” following his decision to alter the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario to include “America.”
(KVIA) -- Monday, President Donald Trump said the state of New Mexico should "immediately change its name to New America." "We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America! The name would add great value and prestige to the State," the president wrote on a Truth Social post.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- President Donald Trump is once again calling for New Mexico to change its name to "New America." On Monday, Oct. 19, Trump made another post to Truth social media, saying that "New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America.
President Donald Trump is calling once again for New Mexico to change its name to "New America," while politicians from both parties rejected the idea on Monday.
Waterways aren’t alone in getting targeted for a rebrand, as President Donald Trump made an economic pitch to change a state’s name. “The name would add great […]
By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” — the latest example of him seeking geographical name changes that fit his political agenda. “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America.
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