President Donald Trump shared AI-generated maps depicting neighboring countries and territories beneath the American flag during a Labor Day social media spree, extending a recent series of posts and actions involving U.S. territorial names and borders.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom.
President Donald Trump shared AI-generated maps Monday depicting an enlarged United States stretching across Canada, Mexico, Greenland and other foreign territory, broadening a recent series of social media posts centered on geographic expansion and the renaming of prominent locations.
One image showed the American flag spread across the United States, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America and parts of the Caribbean, with the expanded area labeled “United States of America.” Trump posted the image to Truth Social without an accompanying explanation.
Other images circulated by Trump during the Labor Day posting spree similarly placed foreign countries and territories beneath the U.S. flag, including Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Cuba and Guatemala.
The maps themselves do not alter U.S. borders, transfer sovereignty or constitute a formal annexation proposal. No new government policy toward the countries depicted was announced alongside the images.
The posts nevertheless come against the backdrop of Trump’s repeated interest in expanding U.S. territory. He has continued during his second term to advocate American control of Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory, while also repeatedly suggesting that Canada could become part of the United States. In July, Trump again said Greenland should be controlled by the United States rather than Denmark, citing its strategic significance in the Arctic.
The latest maps also follow Trump’s weekend push to change the name of New Mexico to “New America.”
Trump first posted an altered map Sunday showing “Mexico” crossed out of the state’s name and replaced with “America.” He followed with additional images Monday repeatedly presenting the state under the proposed “New America” designation.
Trump said Sunday that the suggestion had come from others and described the proposed name as more prestigious and beautiful for the state. The White House’s official X account also shared one of the altered images.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the idea.
“New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed,” Lujan Grisham wrote on X.
A president cannot unilaterally change the legal name of a state. New Mexico’s name is established in the state Constitution, meaning a formal change would have to occur through the state’s constitutional process rather than through a presidential executive order.
Trump’s New Mexico posts came shortly after he used presidential authority to direct the federal government to change its name for Lake Ontario.
On Aug. 27, Trump signed Executive Order 14422, directing the secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for federal purposes and update the Geographic Names Information System accordingly. Federal agencies were also directed to adopt the new designation in official maps, documents and communications.
The order applies to U.S. federal usage and does not compel Canada to abandon the Lake Ontario name.
Trump had previously taken a similar step after returning to office in 2025, directing the federal government to adopt “Gulf of America” in place of Gulf of Mexico for federal references.
The progression from geographic renaming to AI-generated territorial maps represents a broader theme in Trump’s recent social media activity. The New Mexico images concern the legal name of an existing U.S. state, while the Lake Ontario action changed federal terminology for an international geographic feature. The newest maps go considerably further visually by placing sovereign foreign territory beneath the American flag.
They do not, however, carry the legal effect of either action.
Trump has not announced a formal proposal to annex Canada, Mexico or the other nations depicted in the images, nor do social media maps create any change in their sovereignty or international borders.
The posts instead add another element to Trump’s continuing public focus on territorial expansion and American-themed geographic names, following his efforts involving Greenland, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario and, most recently, New Mexico.
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