The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has suggested changing the name of the state of New Mexico, on the border with Mexico, to ‘New America,’ days after signing an order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid a trade dispute with Canada.
“Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the states with the highest electoral fraud of all time, to New America,” he said. “Much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible state. Wow, I love it!” he said in a social media message.
Just a few hours earlier, Trump himself had shared an image of the map of the state of New Mexico with this second word crossed out and replaced by America, a message that was later also published by the White House through social media.
The Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, has emphasized that the name of the state “is not up for discussion.” “It has been ours since before the United States existed,” she said, before stressing that “while the president tries to distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran, gas prices keep soaring.”
“Americans also spend more at the supermarket, lose access to healthcare, and wonder if they will ever be able to afford housing,” she lamented, while praising that under her administration, in New Mexico “families are provided with free daycare and college, we protect access to healthcare, and we invest in housing.”
“While the White House wastes time drawing maps, New Mexico works hard,” said the Democratic governor, who has held office since January 2019.
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