Trump posts social media maps renaming New Mexico to New America and showing neighboring countries as U.S. territory: a 5-story thread

A 5-story thread from 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-10, covered by 33 outlets. Coverage settled as it developed. Each event below is linked as related to the anchor story by the pipeline.

Trump posts social media maps renaming New Mexico to New America and showing neighboring countries as U.S. territory

5 events · 08-27 to 09-10 · 33 outlets · politics · avg 25, peak 33

-11.0 settling

08-27Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid trade war with Canadascore 33· 25 outlets
09-01Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users following Trump executive orderscore 23· 18 outlets
09-10Trump posts social media maps renaming New Mexico to New America and showing neighboring countries as U.S. territoryscore 33· 16 outlets
09-10Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing Iceland and other territories under American flagscore 17· 8 outlets
09-10South Park creators announce show rename to 'South America' satirizing Trump's geographic renaming spreescore 17· 12 outlets