New Mexico officials reject Trump post proposing state name change

New Mexico Democratic elected officials pushed back at President Donald Trump's social media posts suggesting a name change for the state.

By: Source NM Staff

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: September 7, 2026

Words: 492

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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New Mexico Democratic elected officials quickly denounced a Sunday post on Truth Social by President Donald Trump that proposed, visually, changing New Mexico’s name to New America.

Trump’s post followed a satirical post that inaccurately claimed he had signed an executive order to that effect, which the fact-checking site Snopes quickly debunked.

The satirical post followed Trump’s renaming, by executive order, Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico to Lake America …

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