{"id":2997,"date":"2026-09-06T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:37:03","slug":"trump-sets-sights-on-us-state-for-next-geographic-rebrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sets Sights On US State For Next Geographic Rebrand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that New Mexico could be next on his list of geographic rebrands, sharing a state map on Truth Social with \u201cMexico\u201d struck through in red and \u201cAmerica\u201d written beneath it \u2014 an unofficial stab at \u201cNew America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2995\">Long-Forgotten Rapper Hijacks Ed Sheeran Concert With Bizarre Islamist Propaganda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post arrived just days after Trump signed an executive order on August 27 renaming Lake Ontario to \u201cLake America,\u201d a move tied to frustration over a collapsed trade agreement with Canada. That order followed a similar directive renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/Jh3DHXnflT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 6, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nWhether Sunday\u2019s post reflects any actual policy intent remains unclear, and the White House did not immediately respond when the Daily Wire asked it to confirm plans for a formal renaming effort. The image appeared alongside a string of unrelated posts Sunday, including one mocking Robert De Niro and another depicting Trump on horseback beside George Washington, suggesting the New Mexico post could be little more than provocation.<\/p>\n<p>The idea has circulated in various forms for months. Fact-checkers including Snopes debunked a viral Tuesday X post claiming Trump had already signed an executive order renaming the state. Similar hoaxes or satirical posts surfaced in April 2025 after the Gulf of Mexico order, prompting a New Mexico governor\u2019s office spokesperson at the time to call the renaming \u201cclearly fictitious and not grounded in any reality\u201d in a statement to a local outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2993\">Hunter Biden Says He \u2018May Have To\u2019 Run For President In 2028<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s earlier geographic name changes have drawn mixed reactions. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll from Tuesday found only 14% of Americans approved of the Lake Ontario switch, even as Google and Apple updated their U.S. map applications to reflect it.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico, admitted to the Union in 1912, derives its name from the Spanish colonial territory of Nuevo M\u00e9xico, predating the modern nation of Mexico by two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2991\">Mamdani Marks 9\/11 With Slap In The Face Move Tied To Al-Qaeda Terrorist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that New Mexico could be next on his list of geographic rebrands, sharing a state map on Truth Social with \u201cMexico\u201d struck through in red and \u201cAmerica\u201d written beneath it \u2014 an unofficial stab at \u201cNew America.\u201dThe post arrived just days after Trump signed an executive order on August 27 renaming Lake Ontario to \u201cLake America,\u201d a move tied to frustration over a collapsed trade agreement with Canada. That order followed a similar directive renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.pic.twitter.com\/Jh3DHXnflT\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 6, 2026Whether Sunday\u2019s post reflects any actual policy intent remains unclear, and the White House did not immediately respond when the Daily Wire asked it to confirm plans for a formal renaming effort. The image appeared alongside a string of unrelated posts Sunday, including one mocking Robert De Niro and another depicting Trump on horseback beside George Washington, suggesting the New Mexico post could be little more than provocation.The idea has circulated in various forms for months. Fact-checkers including Snopes debunked a viral Tuesday X post claiming Trump had already signed an executive order renaming the state. Similar hoaxes or satirical posts surfaced in April 2025 after the Gulf of Mexico order, prompting a New Mexico governor\u2019s office spokesperson at the time to call the renaming \u201cclearly fictitious and not grounded in any reality\u201d in a statement to a local outlet.Trump\u2019s earlier geographic name changes have drawn mixed reactions. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll from Tuesday found only 14% of Americans approved of the Lake Ontario switch, even as Google and Apple updated their U.S. map applications to reflect it.New Mexico, admitted to the Union in 1912, derives its name from the Spanish colonial territory of Nuevo M\u00e9xico, predating the modern nation of Mexico by two centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Sets Sights On US State For Next Geographic Rebrand - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2997\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Sets Sights On US State For Next Geographic Rebrand - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that New Mexico could be next on his list of geographic rebrands, sharing a state map on Truth Social with \u201cMexico\u201d struck through in red and \u201cAmerica\u201d written beneath it \u2014 an unofficial stab at \u201cNew America.\u201dThe post arrived just days after Trump signed an executive order on August 27 renaming Lake Ontario to \u201cLake America,\u201d a move tied to frustration over a collapsed trade agreement with Canada. That order followed a similar directive renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.pic.twitter.com\/Jh3DHXnflT\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 6, 2026Whether Sunday\u2019s post reflects any actual policy intent remains unclear, and the White House did not immediately respond when the Daily Wire asked it to confirm plans for a formal renaming effort. The image appeared alongside a string of unrelated posts Sunday, including one mocking Robert De Niro and another depicting Trump on horseback beside George Washington, suggesting the New Mexico post could be little more than provocation.The idea has circulated in various forms for months. Fact-checkers including Snopes debunked a viral Tuesday X post claiming Trump had already signed an executive order renaming the state. 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