Trump suggests renaming New Mexico state ‘New America’

Donald Trump suggested renaming New Mexico to "New America". The proposal was quickly dismissed by the state's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham. According to Dawn, Trump made the suggestion in a social media post, saying that many people had proposed the name change, which he described as "more prestigious and beautiful".

The governor responded by saying that the name "isn't up for debate — it's been ours since before the United States existed". She also suggested that Trump's proposal was an attempt to "distract Americans" from issues such as soaring gas prices.

Some US media reports, as cited by Dawn, said that the idea of renaming New Mexico originated as an internet hoax. This is not confirmed by other sources. Trump has previously suggested renaming other geographic features, including the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Ontario, although these proposals have also been met with rejection.

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