Politics · United States · 4 hrs ago
Trump calls for New Mexico to be renamed ‘New America’
Donald Trump called for New Mexico to be renamed “New America” in a post on Truth Social on Monday.
He said the change would raise home values and incomes, but offered no evidence for that claim.
Trump has also pushed to rename other places, including the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
New Mexico is a state he lost in 2024, and the comments came weeks before the midterm elections.
The president cannot legally rename a state on his own; a change would need to happen within New Mexico.
The state’s name dates back to the 16th century, before the United States was founded.
Donald Trump called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America.”
He said the change would add value and prestige, raise home values and incomes, and increase state pride, but provided no evidence for those claims.
Trump also suggested the change might make the state’s elections honest, repeating an allegation the sources describe as baseless or unsupported.
New Mexico’s Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, has rejected the idea, saying the state’s name is not up for debate.
The state’s name is written into its constitution, and CNN reported that Trump cannot legally rename a state on his own.
- Who
- President Donald Trump called for the change. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has opposed it.
- What
- Trump urged New Mexico to change its name to New America.
- When
- Monday, October 19, 2026.
- Where
- New Mexico, United States; Trump made the call in a Truth Social post.
- Why
- Trump said the United States is not Mexico and claimed the change would add value and prestige, raise home values and incomes, and increase state pride.
Donald Trump
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Proposal
Donald Trump
Trump says New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Grisham says the state’s name is not up for debate and has been its name since before the United States existed.
Priorities
Donald Trump
Trump has linked the proposal to claims about state pride and elections.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Grisham said the White House was focusing on a distraction while her administration worked on child care, education, health care and housing.
Trump posted a map showing “Mexico” crossed out and “America” written underneath.
Trump promoted the New America name at the RNC Midterm Convention and said people loved the idea.
Trump again called on New Mexico to change its name to New America in a Truth Social post.
- Proposed name
- New America
- State
- New Mexico
- Date of latest call
- October 19, 2026
- Governor
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Constitutional provision
- New Mexico’s constitution states, “The name of this state is New Mexico.
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What people are saying
New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!
You have a neighboring state, New Mexico. We think it should be called New America,
isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed.
While the White House wastes time coloring on maps, Nuevo México is busy doing the work.