https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-lake-america-rebrand-could-cost-millions-12412468
The August 27 order includes guidance for the relevant agencies on updating the federal geographic location databases and ensuring that all mentions of "Lake Ontario" are expunged from government websites.
But replacing geographic nomenclature across all civilian agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would place a major administrative cost on the departments, which are made to comply with the order.
Following his inauguration last January, the executive branch began renaming a number of departments and geographical landmarks as part of its wider strategy to "honor American greatness."
The change from Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" fell within this project, as did switching Department of Defense to "Department of War."
The latter, according to CBO estimates, could end up costing between $10 million for a "modest implementation" and $125 million if enacted "broadly and rapidly throughout the department." Were Congress to make the change statutory through official legislation, CBO said this "could cost hundreds of millions of dollars" depending on how it was carried out.
But polling shows that most Americans are against the latest efforts to "honor American greatness." A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that only 14 percent of the country supports changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
This compares to 63 percent who oppose Trump’s executive order, including a plurality (43 percent) of Republicans.
The president has nevertheless continued proposing other such changes, including replacing references to the Strait of Hormuz with "Trump Strait."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lake-america-trump-suggests-new-name-state-new-mexico
I saw this coming a mile away with regard to renaming NM NA. But he doesn’t have the authority to rename a state.
Larry,
You are exactly right about that!
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Since when has Donald Trump followed laws?
He could simply find some obscure law or justification to make an exception for his illegal ruling and wait for the court system to catch up and rule against him..........as he very often does with his other illegal activities.
Trump posted a series of maps showing New Mexico renamed as “New America.”
Trump on Sunday also posted an AI-generated video of himself pasting an “America” sticker over “Mexico” on a sign welcoming visitors to the state and a map with “Mexico” crossed out of the state’s name and replaced with “America,” which the White House reshared the image on its X account.
Democratic leaders in the state blasted the suggestion: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said, “New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate—it’s been ours since before the United States existed,” and accused the president of trying to “distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran.”
Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M. also rejected any renaming, with Stansbury writing “Oh hell no!” on X, adding, “our state’s name carries generations of history, culture, and family—and it belongs to us,” while Heinrich wrote that he will still call Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico by their original names, despite Trump signing executive orders to rename them.
Trump does not have the authority to make the change–in New Mexico, the state’s title is written into its constitution and any change to the constitution must be approved by voters.
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This thread is appearing in the trading forum because it's costing Americans a great deal of MONEY to pay for this nonsense as shown in the 1st post, while ramping up counter productive divisiveness and additional work to accomplish nothing positive/productive with Donald Trump's obsessive, delusional goal to name things in order to create a legacy of Donald Trump, the greatest president in history!
That's not speculation! He already believes that as evidenced from his own words/tweets/posts:
: Donald Trump's Diagnosis NAILED!
By metmike - Sept. 3, 2026, 8:53 a.m
