Multiple social media posts from the US President suggested renaming New Mexico to 'New America,' prompting congressional representatives to ask Apple and Google not to comply. The President has used map name changes as a negotiating tactic in trade wars, with prior executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario in the GNIS database, which Apple Maps reflected after updates. Democratic representatives from New Mexico sent a preemptive request to Apple and Google to resist any future name change attempts, though no official order exists.

Apple and Google have no authority to rename states; they must follow the federal GNIS database or risk losing access. The article notes the request is largely symbolic, as only Congress or federal agencies can alter official state names, and the President lacks power to rename a state via executive order alone.