2026-10-19T20:50:26.220Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：莫莉·英格利希
2小时前
发布于 2026年10月19日，美国东部时间下午4:50
2017年，新墨西哥州州旗与美国国旗在新墨西哥州圣达菲并排飘扬。
唐纳德·特朗普总统周一呼吁新墨西哥州将州名更改为“新美利坚”——这是他为契合自身政治议程而推动更改地理名称的最新案例。
“新墨西哥州应立即更名为新美利坚。我们不属于墨西哥，我们是美利坚合众国！”特朗普在前往白宫参加堪萨斯州中期选举集会前不久，在真相社交（Truth Social）平台上写道。
他此番针对新墨西哥州的言论发布之际，共和党人正急于在11月保住国会多数席位，而民调显示选民认为特朗普总统没有足够关注美国最紧迫的问题。新墨西哥州是蓝营州，特朗普在2024年大选中以6个百分点的差距输掉了该州。
特朗普在未提供任何证据的情况下声称，更名后“房价和收入都会上涨”。他还重复了自己关于选举被操纵的毫无根据的说法，补充道：“或许就连新墨西哥州臭名昭著的‘欺诈选举’也会再次变得公正！”
特朗普此前曾提议更改新墨西哥州的名称，不过这次语气更为强硬。今年9月，他在社交媒体上发布了一张该州的地图，上面的“墨西哥”字样被划掉，下方手写了“美利坚”——这张图片还被白宫的X账号转发。
这只是特朗普推动更名行动的最新一例。今年8月，他签署行政命令，将安大略湖更名为“美利坚湖”，作为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“美利坚湾”。这位总统还多次提议将霍尔木兹海峡更名为“特朗普海峡”。
不过，尽管特朗普有权更改美国地质名称信息系统中诸如水域等地标地理名称，但他没有宪法赋予的权力合法更改州名。更改州名的程序需要在州内部完成。
根据美国印第安事务局关于州名起源的情况说明书，新墨西哥州的名称早于美国建国，可追溯至16世纪。
CNN的派珀·哈德斯佩斯·布莱克本对本文亦有贡献。
Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to ‘New America’
2026-10-19T20:50:26.220Z / CNN
By Molly English
2 hr ago
PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
The New Mexico state flag and the American flag fly side-by-side in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2017.
Robert Alexander/Getty Images/File
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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