00:05A new America?
00:07President Donald Trump has sparked another renaming controversy,
00:11this time over the name of an entire U.S. state.
00:15On Sunday, Trump shared a map of New Mexico on Truth Social,
00:20with the word Mexico crossed out and America written underneath.
00:25The results? New America.
00:27But here's the crucial detail.
00:30Trump has not actually renamed New Mexico.
00:34The Post came after a viral claim that Trump had already signed an executive order changing the state's name.
00:41That claim was later debunked by Snopes, which traced the original Post to a satirical social media account.
00:48So why did Trump share the map?
00:51That remains unclear, but the Post immediately triggered a political backlash.
00:56Democratic lawmakers from New Mexico pushed back strongly.
01:01Senator Martin Heinrich said there are three names he will always call by their actual names.
01:06The Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario and New Mexico.
01:11Representative Melanie Stansberry said the state's name represents generations of history, culture and family.
01:18adding, we're New Mexicans, period.
01:22And Representative Gabe Vasquez told Trump he does not get to erase New Mexico's name, history or culture.
01:30But there was also a very different reaction from the Republican side.
01:35Utah Senator Mike Lee simply said New America was kind of catchy.
01:39Now, this latest controversy comes amid Trump's broader push to rename geographic landmarks.
01:47His administration previously moved to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
01:53And more recently, Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.
01:59Those moves have already triggered backlash beyond the United States.
02:04Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the Lake America name, saying Lake Ontario's name still applies to Canadians and the
02:13rest of the world.
02:14And Mexico has also objected to the Gulf of America change, with the Mexican government taking legal action against Google
02:21after the name appeared differently on its Maps platform.
02:24So, for now, New Mexico remains New Mexico.
02:29But Trump's latest post has once again raised a bigger question.
02:34Is this a serious renaming campaign?
02:36Or is the president using geographic names to make a political statement?
02:41Either way, one thing is clear.
02:44A simple map post has once again turned a place name into a major political controversy.
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