First, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Then he wanted Lake Ontario to be called Lake America. Now he wants New Mexico to become New America. At this rate, goes the joke, US President Donald Trump may soon rename America itself – perhaps call it New India, since Christopher Columbus, whose voyages helped bring the continent to European attention, was looking for India when he got here.
“New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!” Trump declared on Truth Social on Monday. The new name, he promised, would add “great value and prestige” to the state, boost residents’ pride in saluting the American flag and even ensure that “the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!”
