White House Amplifies Trump's 'New America' Push for New Mexico Days After Lake Ontario Rename
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
White House Amplifies Trump's 'New America' Push for New Mexico Days After Lake Ontario Rename
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
Summary
The White House reposted Trump's image relabeling New Mexico as "New America," elevating a social-media post that offered no explanation and was not presented as a formal policy move.
The repost came days after Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America" for U.S. federal use, directing Interior to update the Geographic Names Information System; Google and Apple later changed maps for U.S. users.
Trump earlier renamed the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America," but a president cannot unilaterally rename a U.S. state, and no formal effort to change New Mexico's name has been announced.
New Mexico's name predates U.S. statehood by centuries, tracing to the late 1500s as "Nuevo México" before the territory joined the United States in 1848 and became a state in 1912.