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President Trump published a Truth Social post demanding that New Mexico change its name to New America. He claimed the name change would add value and prestige to the state. Outlets across the political spectrum reported on the social media statement.
Reports across all political perspectives agree that President Trump posted on social media demanding that New Mexico change its name to New America.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and HuffPost framed the demand as an ongoing fixation or an attempt to distract from policy failures, with HuffPost emphasizing potential distractions. Center and right-leaning outlets like The Hill, Washington Examiner, and Fox News focused more directly on the statements themselves and, in the case of Fox News and the Washington Examiner, included Trump's claims about boosting home values and incomes.
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Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to ‘New America’
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.” “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America,” the president wrote…
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Source context: 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…
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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. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America! The name…
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 September Truth Social post in…
“You have to ask — what policy failure is Trump trying to distract Americans from this time?”
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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.” “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America,” the president wrote…
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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! Home Values and…
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.
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…
