'Moon is ours': Trump claims US ownership of moon
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump asserted that America has ownership of the moon, sharing images of the celestial body on his Truth Social platform, accompanied by the US flag. He also claimed the Strait of Hormuz as US territory in a series of AI-generated posts. Trump proposed renaming the state of New Mexico to "New America", an idea that was dismissed by the state's governor.
This move came after he signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, amidst a trade war with Canada. The White House echoed Trump's claim by reposting an image with "Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "America". New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham stated that the state's name has been "ours since before the United States existed" and accused the president of trying to distract Americans from pressing issues like high gas prices.
Earlier in the week, Trump had suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as the "Trump Strait" during the ongoing war with Iran, only to later deny the seriousness of this proposal.
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