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Trump urged to focus on elections, not renaming places

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Donald Trump shared a map on Truth Social depicting Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, Greenland and Iceland under the US flag, after suggesting several geographic name changes.
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico was not and would not become a colony or protectorate of any foreign country.
  • Critics urged Trump to focus on the November midterm elections, as a YouGov poll showed 36% approval for his administration and Democrats leading the congressional preference question.

Donald Trump’s latest map placed Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, Greenland and Iceland beneath the red and white stripes of the US flag. He posted the image on Truth Social without comment, prompting criticism and calls for him to concentrate on the issues that matter ahead of November’s midterm elections.

is not and will not be a colony or protectorate of any foreign country

· Claudia SheinbaumThe Mexican president reaffirmed Mexico’s sovereignty in a post on X after Trump shared the map.

The post followed Trump’s suggestion that the US state of New Mexico should be renamed “New America,” in line with his push to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” He had also signed an executive order days earlier seeking to rename Lake Ontario, which borders the United States and Canada, as “America Lake.” Amid the war with Iran, he has suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait.”

Trump frequently shares memes and images produced by supporters or artificial intelligence, and the origin of Monday’s map remained unclear. The article said, however, that during his second term he had made clear his expansionist ambitions concerning territories such as Greenland and even Canada. He has also not ruled out military intervention to take Cuba.

free, independent and sovereign country

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum’s description of Mexico in the same message.

Without explicitly mentioning the map, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on X that Mexico “is not and will not be a colony or protectorate of any foreign country.” She described Mexico as a “free, independent and sovereign country.” The posts, shared during the Labor Day holiday, generated criticism and concern. The group Republicans Against Trump called him “crazy,” while Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino wrote: “Someone should tell the president that changing the names of lakes and states will do nothing in November.”

Someone should tell the president that changing the names of lakes and states will do nothing in November.

· Charles GasparinoThe Fox Business correspondent criticized Trump’s focus on renaming places ahead of the midterm elections.

The November elections will renew all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the Senate’s 100 seats. A YouGov poll cited by the article put Trump’s approval at 36%, with 46% of registered voters saying they would vote for a Democratic congressional candidate in their district, compared with 40% for a Republican.

crazy

· Republicans Against TrumpThe group’s reaction to Trump’s latest posts on X.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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