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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Trump takes aim at a US state - again - in his latest push to remake the nation’s maps

President Donald Trump has taken aim, yet again, at New Mexico, saying the southwestern state should change its name to “New America.”

Trump has already changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, but in recent weeks has set his sights on New Mexico, ranting on his Truth Social platform Monday afternoon: “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!”

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