特朗普再吁新墨西哥州改名「新美国」 州长此前已明确拒绝
特朗普总统10月19日在社交平台发文，再次呼吁新墨西哥州改名为「新美国」（New America）。新墨西哥州州府位于该州 Santa Fe County 的 Santa Fe 市，州长 Michelle Lujan Grisham 此前已明确拒绝这一提议。
特朗普写道：「新墨西哥州应该立刻改名为新美国。我们不是墨西哥，我们是美利坚合众国！」他称改名将提升该州的价值与声望、推高房价与收入，并称该州的选举会变得诚实。他在发文后不久离开白宫，前往堪萨斯州出席一场中期选举集会。今年9月，特朗普曾发布一张把州名中「墨西哥」划掉、改写为「美国」的地图图片，白宫账号予以转发。
Grisham 州长在9月回应时表示，新墨西哥州的名字「不容讨论——它在美国存在之前就已属于我们」，并称白宫在地图上涂改之时，新墨西哥州正在做实事。州名写入新墨西哥州宪法第一条，任何正式改名都须由州内启动修宪并经选民批准，总统无权单方面更改州名。此前，特朗普政府已通过行政令将墨西哥湾改称「美国湾」，并将安大略湖改称「美国湖」，供联邦机构使用。
Trump Again Urges New Mexico to Rename Itself 'New America'; Governor Has Rejected the Idea
President Donald Trump posted on social media on October 19 again calling on New Mexico to change its name to "New America." The state capital is Santa Fe, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has previously rejected the proposal.
"New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!" Trump wrote. He said a new name would add value and prestige, raise home values and incomes, and that the state's elections would become honest. He posted shortly before departing the White House for a midterm rally in Kansas. In September, Trump posted a map image with "Mexico" crossed out and "America" written underneath, which the White House account reposted.
Responding in September, Lujan Grisham said New Mexico's name "isn't up for debate — it's been ours since before the United States existed," adding that while the White House was coloring on maps, New Mexico was doing the work. The state's name is written into Article I of its constitution, and any official change would require a state constitutional amendment approved by voters; the president has no authority to rename a state. The Trump administration previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" and Lake Ontario "Lake America" for federal use.
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图片来源：图：新墨西哥州议会大厦，圣菲（资料图）。照片：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 2.0）。New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe (file photo). Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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