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

27 pointsposted 3 hours ago
by bhouston
(cbc.ca)

22 Comments

joshuat

an hour ago

"He's just trolling"

What a cool and appropriate thing to be at 80 years old, as a sitting President.

goatlover

a few seconds ago

Remember that Biden was forced to not run again because he was aging poorly so we get this instead.

speak_plainly

an hour ago

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

techblueberry

an hour ago

"Lake Ontario is more in Canada than in the United States, with Canada holding roughly 50% to 62% of the lake's surface area depending on the specific boundary line, and the U.S. holding about one-quarter to 50%." (Google summary)

joshuat

an hour ago

For the Gulf of Mexico they changed it to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" for Canadian traffic, I can't imagine they take the same approach for this.

thinkingkong

24 minutes ago

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

verzali

34 minutes ago

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.

Pxtl

30 minutes ago

A little under half of American voters picked him three times... a huge chunk of those ultimately regretted it after the Iran war created inflation (not about the dead Iranians though).

Many of the same people also voted for GWBush twice and regretted that too, for similar reasons.

Those people probably still have their own driver's license and power of attorney.

throw0101d

16 minutes ago

> Twice.

I was led to believe he actually won 3 times. /s

techblueberry

3 hours ago

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

tocs3

2 hours ago

I was listening to a math podcast a while back and someone said "I am a conservative" and then was quick to add "with a small c". That might be an important distinction.

goatlover

2 minutes ago

What is actually conservative about Trump or MAGA? The principled conservatives got kicked out of the party for not bending the knee.

curuinor

2 hours ago

"Reactionary" is your vocab word, therefore

spacedcowboy

2 hours ago

I was thinking more "dickhead", or "tosser", or ... well the choice is legion

kccoder

an hour ago

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.

throw0101d

21 minutes ago

Someone remarked that "Niagara Falls" should be renamed "Trump's Tears".

java-man

2 hours ago

25th Amendment!

Pxtl

19 minutes ago

IANAA and IANAL, but AFAIK the procedural vote requirement for 25the amendment isn't any lower than it is for impeachment.

baggy_trough

18 minutes ago

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