Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“President Donald Trump is giving New Mexico another branding pitch, urging the state to swap ‘Mexico’ for ‘America’ and suggesting the change could boost everything from home values to state pride,” Fox News reports.
Said Trump: “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!”
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