Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to ‘New America’特朗普呼吁新墨西哥州更名为“新美国”
President Donald Trump on Monday called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” — the latest example of him seeking geographical name changes that fit his political agenda.
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President Donald Trump on Monday called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” — the latest example of him seeking geographical name changes that fit his political agenda.
“New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!” Trump wrote on Truth Social , shortly before departing the White House for a midterm rally in Kansas.
His comments about New Mexico — a blue state he lost by 6 points in 2024 — come as Republicans are anxious about holding their congressional majorities in November, with voters saying in polling that the president isn’t paying enough attention to the country’s most pressing problems.
Trump claimed, without citing any evidence, that “home values and incomes would rise” because of a name change. And he repeated his baseless claims about rigged elections by adding, “Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!”
Trump has previously suggested renaming New Mexico, although not so forcefully. In September, he posted to social media a map of the state with the word “Mexico” crossed out and “America” written underneath — an image that was reposted by the White House X account.
It’s just the latest renaming push from Trump. He signed an executive order in August to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as part of his ongoing trade war with Canada. He took similar action last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.” The president has also repeatedly floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait.”
But while Trump has the power to rename what geographic landmarks, such as bodies of water, are called in the Geographic Names Information System, he doesn’t have the constitutional ability to legally rename states. That process would need to happen within the state.
New Mexico’s name predates the founding of the United States back to the 16th century, according to a fact sheet on the origin of state names from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
CNN’s Piper Hudspeth Blackburn contributed to this report.
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周一，唐纳德·特朗普总统呼吁新墨西哥州更名为“新美国”——这是他寻求更改地理名称以符合其政治议程的最新例证。
“新墨西哥州应该立即改名为新美国。我们不是墨西哥，我们是美利坚合众国！”特朗普在离开白宫前往堪萨斯州参加中期选举集会前不久，在Truth Social上写道。
他在新墨西哥州（一个他在 2024 年以 6 个百分点之差输掉的蓝州）发表的评论正值共和党人焦虑于在 11 月保住国会多数席位之际，民调显示选民认为总统对国家最紧迫的问题关注不够。
特朗普在没有任何证据的情况下声称，改名后“房价和收入都会上涨”。他还再次毫无根据地指责选举舞弊，并补充道：“也许就连以选举舞弊闻名的新墨西哥州，也能再次变得公正了！”
特朗普此前曾提议更改新墨西哥州的名称，但语气并不强硬。今年9月，他曾在社交媒体上发布了一张新墨西哥州地图，地图上“墨西哥”字样被划掉，下方写着“美国”——这张图片后来被白宫官方账号转发。
这只是特朗普最新一次更名行动。今年8月，他签署了一项行政命令，将安大略湖更名为“美洲湖”，这是他与加拿大持续贸易战的一部分。去年，他也采取了类似行动，将墨西哥湾更名为“美洲湾”。此外，这位总统还多次提出将霍尔木兹海峡更名为“特朗普海峡”。
虽然特朗普有权更改地理名称信息系统中诸如水体之类的地理地标的名称，但他没有宪法赋予的权力来合法地更改州名。这一过程必须在各州内部进行。
根据美国印第安事务局关于各州名称起源的情况说明书，新墨西哥州的名称可以追溯到16世纪，早于美国建国。
CNN的Piper Hudspeth Blackburn对本报道亦有贡献。