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Trump floats renaming New Mexico

News · Heat 1.3 / 10 · 4 shows · 9m airtime

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.

How 4 podcasts covered it

  1. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-09-08 (15:29 to 17:42)
    Explains the legal path to renaming a state
    Covers Trump's Truth Social posts floating 'New America' and the pushback from Lujan Grisham and Heinrich, then notes the legal path: a state's name change needs the legislature and its constitution, not a presidential order.
    New angle: Changing a state's legal name requires the state legislature and its constitution, not a presidential order.
  2. Morning Wire, 2026-09-08 (10:26 to 11:06)
    Adds Trump's mockery and statehood history
    Adds two facts to the New Mexico renaming story: Trump said the name change was suggested by others and mocked the state as a longtime vote-cheating state, and New Mexico joined the Union in 1912 and has not voted Republican for president since 2004.
  3. Pod Save America, 2026-10-20 (33:40 to 37:34)
    Reads the New America renaming pitch
    Covers Trump's Monday post telling supporters to watch his event on RSBN instead of Fox News, then reads his renewed call for New Mexico to rename itself New America, with the added claim that the name would raise home values and incomes and clean up its elections.
    New angle: Trump's Monday post said renaming New Mexico would raise home values and incomes and make its elections honest.
  4. Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar, 2026-10-20 (37:12 to 39:42)
    Recaps the post and pivots to ad spending
    Reads Trump's New Mexico post aloud, then pivots to a New York Times report that Trump has vanished from Republican ads while Democrats spend tens of millions naming him. The New Mexico material is a straight retelling of the post already on the record.
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