Fox Business Correspondent Blasts Trump for New Mexico Renaming Stunt

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What To Know

  • Fox Business correspondent Charles Gasparino criticized President Trump’s proposal to rename New Mexico as ‘New America.’
  • Gasparino called it a distraction from serious midterm election issues.
  • Trump’s recent renaming efforts include attempts to rename Lake Ontario and the Kennedy Center.

Fox Business correspondent Charles Gasparino said President Donald Trump and the GOP need to get serious if they want to succeed in the upcoming midterms — and he blasted the POTUS for his New Mexico renaming stunt.

Gasparino, who regularly serves as a panelist on the Fox Business program segment The Cost of Freedom and the stocks news program Cashin’ In, made the comments after Trump’s latest threat to rename the state of New Mexico as “New America.”

After the president proposed the name change on Truth Social on Sunday night (September 6), Gasparino took to X, writing, “Someone tell the president renaming lakes and states won’t do it in November.”

“Unfortunately, attacking @hasanthehun every minute of every day probably won’t either,” he added, referring to the popular leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.

Gasparino shared further thoughts on the rapidly approaching midterms, writing, “I know it’s a hard sell (the tariffs made it harder because the admin took its eye off prices still being elevated when it took over; endorsing weird candidates like Paxton is an issue as well; Iran is a net negative for now) but I don’t hear Team Trump emphasize enough the decent top line econ numbers and how that could get dramatically worse under the Dems.”

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He concluded, “Also with Iran neutered the world will be a safer place — oil price WILL be coming down. Make the arguments before it’s too late.”

Trump has been on a renaming kick ever since returning to office in January 2025. This included signing an executive order to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and adding his own name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In May, a U.S. District Court Judge ordered Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center, ruling that it had been added unlawfully.

More recently, the president caused controversy by ordering Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America amid his ongoing trade war with Canada. Last week, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed only 14 percent of U.S. citizens supported the name change, with 63 percent opposing it.

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    Pete

    Ridiculously desperate to add literally anything historic to his legacy.

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    Jena

    This idiot can sign as many executive orders as he likes. They mean NOTHING. But he likes to shock people and definitely loves attention, so anytime he can call reporters and photographers into the office and preen for the cameras, he'll take it.

    And btw, someone on his 'team' should tell him that he's looking pretty rough these days, especially his swollen eyes 😮

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    paul

    Looks like Trump is heading to ( the river of no return ) and I hope he takes his chickens with him

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    Phil

    The words I want to say about this lunatic would have me booted, so I’ll say this. The man is desperate for attention. Narcissists need constant praise, attention, accolades, and being revered. The country is at the lowest point it’s been since the Great Depression (monetarily) and morally it’s the lowest it’s been since the Civil War. It’s not TDS saying how he’s handling things is wrong. I’m not okay with ranchers being given the okay to shoot endangered species. I’m not okay grabbing people who are going to court for their immigration check-ins (following the law) being sent to countries they never set foot in. I’m not okay with selling off protected pieces of our land. I’m not okay with the constant lies and gaslighting. I’m not okay with the illegal war in Iran and the illegal boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. Who do we think we are? I have never been more ashamed with how we’re acting as a nation.

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    Pseudonym Sam

    SMH. The "Cost of Freedom" business block (which included Cashin' In, and whose shows included Ben Stein and Wayne Rogers as panelists) was discontinued almost TEN YEARS AGO. It was replaced by 2 hours of "Cavuto Live." Neil Cavuto left the network at the end of 2024. Seriously, try to keep up.