Trump takes aim at US state in latest push to remake the nation’s maps

 President Donald Trump has taken aim, yet again, at New Mexico, saying the southwestern state should change its name to “New America.”

Trump has already changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, but in recent weeks has set his sights on New Mexico, ranting on his Truth Social platform Monday afternoon: “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!”

“The name would add great value and prestige to the State! Home Values and Incomes would rise, and you would be even prouder while saluting our beautiful American Flag!” he continued.

“Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president concluded his post.

This isn’t the first time Trump has suggested the name change. In September, the 80-year-old president took to Truth Social to share a revised image of a map that had the word Mexico crossed out and replaced with America.

He even called the state by that name while endorsing Greg Cunningham, a Republican running for Congress in New Mexico, telling viewers in a video, “Hello New America — formerly known as New Mexico.”

At the time, Trump insisted that the decision to change the state’s name would be up to New Mexico’s residents — but insisted it would be a “beautiful change.”