According to a report on the website of the Spanish “The Economist” on September 13, US President Trump's name change costs have now exceeded 58 million US dollars. The report said that a few days ago, he posted an article on a social networking platform proposing to change the name of the US state of New Mexico to the “New American State,” which seemed like a joke, but his many previous renaming operations initially appeared in a similar form. As a result, many people are beginning to speculate that the name should be changed or that it will be implemented. One of the president's biggest name changes was aimed at the “Ministry of Defense.” According to the Executive Order of September 5, 2025, this department is also known as the “Ministry of War”. Although the name has not yet become a common name, and the buildings and official documents have not been completely replaced, the public finance costs that may be caused by this adjustment have already been announced to the public. According to a report by the US military's official media “The Star-Spangled Banner”, in April of this year, the Pentagon submitted an official naming proposal to Congress, involving about 7,600 legislative amendments. At that time, it was estimated that the cumulative cost was about 50 million US dollars. Subsequent disclosure data for the same file was refined to $52.5 million. In August of this year, during the heated trade dispute between the US and Canada, Trump signed another executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to “American Lake.” The Congressional Budget Office did not provide an official estimate, but indicated that with reference to the Gulf name change case, the cost level is roughly close to 500,000 US dollars, and the actual expenditure may still be higher.

According to a report on the website of the Spanish “The Economist” on September 13, US President Trump's name change costs have now exceeded 58 million US dollars. The report said that a few days ago, he posted an article on a social networking platform proposing to change the name of the US state of New Mexico to the “New American State,” which seemed like a joke, but his many previous renaming operations initially appeared in a similar form. As a result, many people are beginning to speculate that the name should be changed or that it will be implemented. One of the president's biggest name changes was aimed at the “Ministry of Defense.” According to the Executive Order of September 5, 2025, this department is also known as the “Ministry of War”. Although the name has not yet become a common name, and the buildings and official documents have not been completely replaced, the public finance costs that may be caused by this adjustment have already been announced to the public. According to a report by the US military's official media “The Star-Spangled Banner”, in April of this year, the Pentagon submitted an official naming proposal to Congress, involving about 7,600 legislative amendments. At that time, it was estimated that the cumulative cost was about 50 million US dollars. Subsequent disclosure data for the same file was refined to $52.5 million. In August of this year, during the heated trade dispute between the US and Canada, Trump signed another executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to “American Lake.” The Congressional Budget Office did not provide an official estimate, but indicated that with reference to the Gulf name change case, the cost level is roughly close to 500,000 US dollars, and the actual expenditure may still be higher.