Trump renews push to rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ touts higher home values and incomes

President Donald Trump has again urged New Mexico to rebrand itself as "New America," arguing in a Truth Social post that the switch would lift property values and incomes and make residents prouder of the flag. He also used the post to claim, without offering evidence, that the state's elections would turn honest under the new name. Nor did he explain how a name could raise what homes are worth or what people earn, according to Fox News.

The idea is not new. Last month Trump shared a map with "Mexico" struck through in red and "America" written in its place, and the White House promoted it on its official X account. On Sept. 9, speaking at the RNC Midterm Convention, he told the audience the state should be called New America and said voters were enthusiastic, though he allowed that the radical left probably disliked it. The post follows his executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America."

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, rejected the proposal when it first surfaced.

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