Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

techblueberry

Conservative; tending or inclined to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions : traditional

bhouston

In related news, Trump is also considering renaming the Atlantic and/or Pacific Oceans, not a joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPg9lQkuKkA

java-man

25th Amendment!

kccoder

So refreshing to see a president who knows what the people really want and is brave enough to venture into uncharted waters to achieve those goals. Kamala would never have had the courage to address such an important issue, as a matter of fact she wouldn't even have started a trade war with Canada to take back what is ours(!), which is what led to this heroic act to protect our land, people, national pride, and prosperity from the rabid communists which we currently allow sovereignty just a stones throw across the Lake of America (eagle cry). You and your family can feel secure at night knowing that we have a president who will fight, fight, fight for you and your loved ones. America was already the hottest country in the world, but the temp just keeps on rising! How does he do it?! Embarrassing.

speak_plainly

Google, Apple, etc.: impose this renaming on Canadian maps at your own reputational risk. You will invite a backlash.

joshuat

"He's just trolling" What a cool and appropriate thing to be at 80 years old, as a sitting President.

verzali

Every time he does something petty like this I am reminded that Americans voted for him twice. Not just because he was 'the other guy'. He got through primaries. Twice. Millions of people adore him. America is deeply deeply unwell, and the rest of the world needs to do whatever we can to keep ourselves safe from whatever madness is coming next.

thinkingkong

Ontario is named after the lake. The lake isnt named after the province.

throw0101d

Someone remarked that "Niagara Falls" should be renamed "Trump's Tears". Or perhaps "Lake Michigan" to either "Lake Obama" (since Chicago is on its shores) or "Lake Epstein".

throw0101d

The official text for anyone interested (Executive Order 14420): * https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/hono...

baggy_trough

This is really the dumbest shit imaginable and just makes Trump into more of a laughingstock than he was before, if possible.

beloch

"Last year, Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. It only applies to U.S. federal documents and geographic services, but some online map services also made the change." -------------- Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico, but nobody listened. Google's exec's were brown-nosing at the time, so they changed it on their maps, depending on the user's location. Outside of the U.S., it's "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". Even that will likely be dropped once Trump leaves office. There's no point in having a name that nobody uses on a map. Americans should honestly ask their president, "Don't you have something better to do?". This won't help negotiations with Canada. It will probably harm them in fact. Trump used massive tariff threats in an attempt to extort Canada into a deal before the mid-terms. His own last minute demands (self-admitted[1]) scuttled the works. Now Americans are paying new taxes and Trump is calling Canadians "nasty" (again) while trying (but failing) to rename things like a petulant child whose binky has been taken away. It's, frankly, embarrassing for Americans, and it confirms Carney's side of the story to any Canadians who might have had doubts. We are not dealing with reasonable or competent people. Trump just reduced any pressure Carney might have been under to compromise Canada's position in order to restart talks. Why even try to strike a deal with unreasonable, unserious people who don't respect their own signed agreements? It's better to just rag the puck and wait for them to be gone. ___________ [1] https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026/08/27/prairie-provi...

crystaldecanter

loser behaviour

thiht

What a joke of a country