Trump Shares Map Showing Canada, Mexico and More Nations as U.S. Territory in Labor Day Posting Spree

President Donald Trump shared a map labeling Canada, Mexico and other nations as U.S. territory on Truth Social

Trump has renamed landmarks like Lake Ontario to "Lake America" and proposed renaming New Mexico to "New America"

The president has also pushed for U.S. control of Greenland, citing national security and concerns about Russia and China

President Donald Trump marked Labor Day with a flurry of social media posts, including sharing an image of a map depicting Canada, Mexico and several other nations as U.S. territory, offering a striking visual of his vision for an expanded American footprint.

On Monday, Sept. 7, Trump, 80, shared the map in a post on Truth Social. In the illustration, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Cuba, Guatemala and several other countries had the American flag superimposed over them, seemingly suggesting that they were part of the U.S.

The president's suggestion comes as part of a broader pattern of renaming landmarks and places during his second term. The day prior, he hinted at renaming the U.S. state of New Mexico to "New America" in a post on social media.

An image on Truth Social showed a map of the state with the word "Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "America." This follows a series of recent renaming actions by Trump, including changing Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on Aug. 27.

"We're gonna make a little change, we're gonna call it something different than Lake Ontario," the president said in a Aug. 26, clip posted to TikTok ahead of the name change. "We're gonna call it Lake America. And all it takes is a good pen and some intelligence."

Trump then took a Sharpie and crossed out the lake's name, writing "LAKE AMERICA" above it.

Trump does not have the authority to rename New Mexico unilaterally. The state has had its current name since before it became a U.S. state in 1912. It dates back to the Spanish term "Nuevo México."

The president also previously ordered the Gulf of Mexico be referred to as the "Gulf of America" by the federal government.

Trump's interest in expanding U.S. territory has extended beyond Canada and Mexico. He has repeatedly pushed for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, arguing that the Arctic island is important to American national security.

In a January interview with The New York Times, Trump said having full "ownership" of Greenland was "psychologically important" to him. When asked why the U.S. could not simply increase its military presence there under an existing agreement, he said ownership would provide a level of control that a treaty, lease or military base could not.

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Trump's comments have drawn opposition from Danish and Greenlandic officials, who have emphasized Greenland's sovereignty and its right to determine its own future. The island has remained a recurring subject in Trump's foreign-policy rhetoric, adding to his broader willingness to publicly envision changes to the United States' territorial boundaries.

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