On Sunday, President Donald Trump shared a map of New Mexico on Truth Social. In the image, “Mexico” was crossed out and “America” was written in its place, unofficially presenting the state as New America. A few hours later, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addressed the post on Facebook. She said the name “isn’t up for debate.” In that post, Grisham wrote that New Mexico has carried its name longer than the United States has existed as a country. She said she saw no good reason to change it now. Democratic officials in New Mexico reject the proposed state name change Grisham said Trump was trying to “distract” the American public from his “disastrous” Iran war and “soaring” gas prices by floating the rebrand. Oh hell no!Our state’s name carries generations of history, culture, and family—and it belongs to us. We’re New Mexicans. Period. pic.twitter.com/wkABUYyIqq— Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) September 6, 2026 Grisham was not the only politician who publicly opposed Trump’s proposed rebrand. Rep. Melanie Stansbury wrote on X, “Oh hell no!” She added, “Our state’s name carries generations of history, culture, and family- and it belongs to us. We’re New Mexicans. Period.” Rep. Gabe Vasquez issued a statement saying Trump does not get to “erase” the state’s history. Sen. Martin Heinrich said he would not go along with New America, just as he has not gone along with other name changes Trump has made since returning to the White House. This follows a pattern of Trump renaming places, as when he chose to rename Lake Ontario, and Ottawa considered changing a street named after him. Heinrich said, “Three things I will always call by their actual names… The Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, New Mexico.” The New Mexico exchange followed Trump’s earlier posts last month about Lake Ontario. Trump has a pattern of proposing name changes, such as when he signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. He had floated renaming it Lake America after a trade deal with Canada fell apart at the last minute. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found only 14 percent of citizens were fans of that name change. Ontario Premier Doug Ford told ABC News last week that “no one” would call it Lake America. Trump posted again later Sunday on Truth Social. The follow-up showed an AI video of him walking up to a “Welcome to New Mexico” sign and placing a sticker that read “America” over the word “Mexico.” He then broke into his YMCA dance. X user “Gizmo Memes” created the video a few hours before Trump posted it. Trump wrote, “Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA. So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!” The New Mexico posts appeared alongside other Truth Social items, including Trump calling Robert De Niro a “jerk” and an image of him on horseback with George Washington. That activity came after he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America early in his second term.