After suggesting the change of the Gulf of Ormuz to Persian Gulf and Lake Ontario to Lake Trump, US President Donald Trump proposed another geographic name change, this time suggesting that the state of New Mexico be renamed 'New America'. This suggestion comes as part of a series of toponymic changes proposed by the president since the beginning of his new term.
Trump published an image of the state's geographic outline in which the word 'Mexico' appears crossed out in red and replaced by the word 'America'. The post was made on the president's social media accounts, following the same visual format used in his previous renaming proposals.
New Mexico is a state in the southwestern United States that borders Mexico to the south. Its current name historically refers to the period when the region belonged to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, before being incorporated into the United States following the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.
So far, no formal measures have been announced to implement this or other name changes proposed by Trump, with these being symbolic social media posts by the president so far.
