Donald Trump used Truth Social on Sunday to post a map that crossed out New Mexico and replaced it with America, pushing New America Trump into another naming dispute. The post did not say whether he would take formal action next.
Trump has already changed place names through executive orders. In January 2025, he signed Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness, which changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and restored Mount McKinley in Alaska. Late last month, he signed another order changing Lake Ontario to Lake America.
MapQuest kept its label
The earlier name change drew a direct response from MapQuest. The company refused to change its navigation app and posted, “We’re not changing it.”
Doug Berger, MapQuest’s general manager, said the company took the same approach it used with the Gulf of Mexico. He said it meant being part of the conversation and giving people an app that keeps the names they are familiar with.
Berger also said, “Hundreds of thousands of people signaled to us this weekend that we got it right, by downloading our app.”
Apple and Google switched labels
Apple and Google took a different path after Trump’s Lake Ontario order. For U.S. users, their maps apps switched the label to Lake America.
Trump has also repeatedly suggested Canada become the nation’s 51st state, and he told News, “They think they’re a state, but they’re not a state. Why should we be subsidizing Canada?” That makes his Sunday post part of a broader naming push that has already moved from one body of water to another and now to a state.
For New Mexico, the practical question is whether the post stays symbolic or turns into another executive order. Until Trump acts, the map on Truth Social is the only step he has taken publicly on the state’s name.
