The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has attempted to name various places and institutions after his own name, turning the question of names into a political battle. This attempt to impose his name on different geographic and administrative spaces has generated controversy and public debate.
Among the places Trump attempted to rename are mountains, airports and lakes. The article specifically mentions the Gulf of Mexico and New Mexico as examples of regions affected by these renaming attempts.
This strategy of naming public spaces is not limited to natural geographic features, also encompassing institutions and infrastructure such as airports. The scope of these attempts shows a systematic effort to mark the American landscape with his personal identity.
The phenomenon emerges in a broader context of political battle, where the naming of public spaces has become a field of ideological and symbolic conflict in the United States.
