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  "id": 6102850,
  "title": "‘Wow, I love it!’: Trump suggests renaming New Mexico state ‘New America’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/wow-i-love-it-trump-suggests-renaming-new-mexico-state-new-america",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T04:36:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/09/07/wow-i-love-it-trump-suggests-renaming-new-mexico-state-new-america/234258"
  },
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  "account": "On September 7, Donald Trump, the US President, floated the idea of renaming the state of New Mexico to \"New America,\" sparking immediate derision from the state's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham. The suggestion came days after Trump signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as \"Lake America\" amid a trade dispute with Canada. In a series of tweets, Trump expressed enthusiasm for the proposal, stating that the name change would be \"more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State.\"\n\nThe White House shared an image showing the \"Mexico\" part of the state's name crossed out and replaced with \"America.\" However, some US media outlets suggested that the idea might have originated as an internet hoax. Lujan Grisham firmly rejected the notion, asserting that the state's name had been \"ours since before the United States existed.\" She accused Trump of trying to \"distract Americans\" from pressing issues like high gas prices.\n\nThe president's suggestion of renaming geographical locations was not a new tactic. Earlier in the week, he proposed renaming the Strait of Hormuz as \"Trump Strait\" as tensions with Iran escalated. Just hours later, Trump seemed to backtrack, implying that he was not serious about the plan. In his inaugural address in 2025, Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the \"Gulf of America,\" a move promptly rejected by Mexico. Canada also dismissed Trump's attempt to rename Lake Ontario as \"Lake America.\"\n\nThis latest proposal, if taken seriously, would mark another attempt by Trump to assert his influence on geographical and political boundaries, a pattern that has been evident throughout his presidency.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Sept 7 — US President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target yesterday...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump would plunge the US into crisis if he carried out his latest bizarre threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/trump-would-plunge-the-us-into-crisis-if-he-carried-out-his-latest",
        "published": "2026-09-07T01:58:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump would plunge the US into crisis if he carried out his latest bizarre threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/trump-would-plunge-the-us-into-crisis-if-he-carried-out-his-latest-6083661",
        "published": "2026-09-07T01:58:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "US state of New Mexico becomes latest target of Trump's name-changing spree",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/us-state-of-new-mexico-becomes-latest-target-of-trumps-name-changing",
        "published": "2026-09-07T05:17:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Trump shares map that renames New Mexico as ‘New America’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/trump-shares-map-that-renames-new-mexico-as-new-america",
        "published": "2026-09-07T06:25:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Trump shares map that renames New Mexico as ‘New America’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/trump-shares-map-that-renames-new-mexico-as-new-america-6114617",
        "published": "2026-09-07T07:26:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Trump wants to rename New Mexico ‘New America’. Here are other places he has targeted in his second term as US president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/trump-wants-to-rename-new-mexico-new-america-here-are-other-places-he",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:17:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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