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Trump renews his demand for New Mexico to rename itself 'New America' as the state's governor fires back

From the Newshound archive · first published 20 October 2026 · last updated 21 October 2026.

Trump renews his demand for New Mexico to rename itself 'New America' as the state's governor fires back

President Donald Trump claimed in a Monday Truth Social post that the switch would lift home values and cure the state's 'Crooked Elections'. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, called it a 'tired New America bit' and asked what policy failure he was hiding. Senator Ben Ray Luján said the name predates the United States. Trump has no power to rename a state on his own.

Trump first floated the idea in September by posting maps branded 'New America'.

Even a Republican running for Congress in New Mexico dismissed the plan.

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