It is a form of rebranding, isn't it? Marketing is the only thing Donald Trump
used to be good at. But in this case it alienates and confuses everybody.The
Atlantic writes "American students are now the best at geography because there
is only one possible answer to every
question"https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/everything-called-america-now/688443/What
is the name of the lake? Lake America. What is the name of the gulf? Gulf of
America. What is the name of the state? New America.-J.
-------- Original message --------From: Roger Frye <[email protected]> Date:
9/7/26 8:47 PM (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Rename all the things Leave
Jersey, York and Amsterdam, Hampshire, England, Brunswick, Orleans, Haven,
Bedford, Rochelle, … alone!> On Sep 7, 2026, at 12:34 PM, Jochen Fromm
<[email protected]> wrote:> > Do you find this urge to rename everything to
America ("Gulf of America" and "Lake America" and now "New America")
embarassing? Will it help to make America great again? I have doubts. >
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/06/politics/trump-map-renames-new-mexico-as-new-america>
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