America: the gulf, the lake and now the state – what’s next on Trump’s huge renaming spree? | Marina Hyde
Farewell, New Mexico. The war isn’t going well and nowhere on Earth is safe from the US president’s favourite displacement activity Busy times for crayon-wielding US president Donald Trump, Earth’s most tireless freelance cartographer, who at the weekend celebrated the US labouring under the highest diesel prices in its history while his “two-week” Iran war edges into its seventh month with a…
US President Donald Trump's latest foray into rebranding the nation has taken a new twist, this time focusing on states rather than oceans. The war in Iran continues to expand beyond its seventh month, while the cost of diesel fuel reaches new highs in American history. Amid this turmoil, Trump has decided to substitute the name of New Mexico with "New America".
This move appears to be a strategic attempt to reshape the nation's identity, a trend that began with his proposal to rename the Gulf of America, which currently serves as the Gulf of Mexico, and his controversial attempt to rename Lake Ontario, a move that was quickly dismissed as an exercise in pique over trade disputes with Canada.
While the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans remain tantalizing targets for Trump's rebranding efforts, the practicality and geographical validity of such changes seem increasingly questionable.
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