President Trump Claims Ownership of the Moon and Proposes Renaming New Mexico to New America
President Trump declared ownership of the Moon for the United States during a series of posts on the Truth Social platform. This claim comes despite the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, signed by 111 countries, which states that outer space is not subject to national appropriation by any means. In addition to the lunar claim, President Trump proposed renaming the state of New Mexico to New America. He also shared several AI-generated images depicting himself in various roles, including a hockey meme where he looms over Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The president also highlighted his recent executive orders to rename the Lake Ontario to Lake America and the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. The proposal to rename New Mexico received a response from New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who stated that the state's name has been in use since before the United States existed. The administration also shared an AI-generated image of President Trump as the superhero Green Lantern.
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Donald Trump Spent the Weekend Cosplaying as a Supervillain on Truth Social
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Trump posts images of annexing two countries, renaming a state and claiming ownership of the moon
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Space America? Trump Claims Ownership Of The Moon For The USA In Bizarre Truth Social Posts
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