President Trump posted images on Truth Social on September 7, 2026 suggesting renaming New Mexico to 'New America'. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state's name is not up for debate and Senator Martin Heinrich said places should be called by their actual names. Changing a state's legal name requires the legislature and its constitution, not a presidential order. A later post said the rename would raise home values and incomes and make elections honest. New Mexico joined the Union in 1912 and last voted Republican for president in 2004.