U.S. President Donald Trump jumped on social media with another swipe at changing the names of major geographical locations – this time, taking aim at New Mexico.
On Sunday, Trump shared an image on Truth Social showing ‘Mexico’ within the state’s name had been crossed out in red and replaced with ‘America.’
He wrote that changing the name would be ‘so much more prestigious and beautiful’ for the state.
However, new Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham quickly rejected the idea. She called it a political distraction from real issues like high gas prices and stated the state’s name is not up for debate.
The post came with no remarks attached but followed a tense back-and-forth with Canada that saw the renaming of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ last month.
Just before he shared his latest name change, he posted a photo depicting himself crossing out ‘Ontario’ in Lake Ontario on a map and replacing it with ‘America.’
While only around 14 percent of US citizens were in favor of the name change, according to a poll by Reuters/Ipsos, the President’s official Trump Store launched ‘Lake America’ hats for $55.
The move was accompanied by other posts on social media from Trump, including a video of geese with machine guns patrolling the lake as well as an AI clip of himself kicking over a ‘Lake Ontario’ sign and replacing it with a ‘Lake America’ sign.
On August 30, the President declared that he wanted the US to keep out all Canadian products unless the companies wanted to relocate to America.
The tension was prompted by failed negotiations between the US and Canada over tariffs on products traveling back and forth between the two countries.
