Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' Canadians balk at the idea

https://apnews.com/article/trump-renaming-lake-ontario-65bbd47925365ffd5d9522cf4b2e4bc8

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Red0ctober@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 16d

This is what occupies this demented child rapist's mind. Renaming a lake that was named by the indigenous peoples, a name that the government of Canada did not have a hand in. His brain is literally just doing sound associations. WTF? I've had it for today

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 16d

Balk is a very diplomatic word to describe the reaction from Canadians.

pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 15d

The US president is such a toddler.

Fuckin embarrassing.

cowfodder@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 16d

Michigander here. Don't fuck with my Great Lakes!

wuffah@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 15d

This is a child’s conception of Presidential power.

There is something deeply wrong and hopelessly broken at the core of American government and the American people, to enable and tolerate this kind of narcissistic behavior and absent-minded policy-making by Twitter-decree.

This style of petty manipulation, negative attention seeking, self-aggrandizing and grandiose obsession, and carelessly destructive interpersonal action is textbook malignant narcissism. You are really, really, really, really not supposed to allow a person like this access to the Presidency (or any position of power at all, ideally) because of how effortlessly destructive they are, and difficult they are to dislodge.

America is deep in the throes of a particularly nasty form of powerful narcissistic abuse on a national scale, and there is no clear or easy way to escape from it at this stage. There is an entire generation of abusers enabled by this system of power, frothing at the mouth to supplant Trump when he is finally gone.

FaceDeer@fedia.io · 20 pts · 16d

"Balk?" Balk? As if there was even the slightest chance that we'd deign to even consider this moron's mouth-farts about renaming stuff?

abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 16d (2 replies)

How long until New Mexico gets renamed to New America or something, or perhaps Trump?

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 16d (1 reply)

What about Ontario, California, Ontario, Illinois, Ontario, Indiana, Ontario, Iowa, Ontario, New York, Ontario, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, and Ontario, Wisconsin?

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 16d

Or Ottawa, Illinois.

Or the Trump-Epstein Files?

kreskin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 15d

How about Lake Epstein.

CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 16d

Balk? Like we give a fuck what this gasbag calls things! We have bigger fish to fry.

Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 16d

points at random school

School of America.

points at Atlantic Ocean

Ocean of America.

points at UK

United Kingdom of America

Zier@fedia.io · 6 pts · 15d

Donald Rapist Trump is a professional troll.

Major_Tsiom@fedia.io · 5 pts · 15d (1 reply)

I hereby declare that the Pacific Ocean is now called Frompwauder and the Moon is now called McSkivvens.

atearinspace@retrofed.com · 5 pts · 15d

I hereby recognize your declaration.

Be sure to check out the McSkivven eclipse Thursday night!

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 15d

Name it after the president: Lake Stupid

MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 15d

The next viral trend needs to be people watching a newscast that quotes Trump, and just busting out laughing. Hundreds, nay, thousands, all laughing at him, playing on repeat on all the short form video sites.

PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 15d

Lake Ontario has a nice ring to it, Lake America sounds like piss water

Wren@lemmy.today · -14 pts · 16d (5 replies)

I'm Canadian. I didn't name the lake so whatever.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 16d (2 replies)

I'm canadian. I didn't name so not "whatever"

Wren@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 16d (1 reply)

I think we should rename it before he can. I'd call it Lake Tits.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 16d

Ooor keep the first nations naming origin it has?

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 15d (1 reply)

I’m Canadian. I didn’t name the lake so whatever.

Tell us you bask in the freedom earned with the blood of iroquois who held the line at queenston heights until the british could reinforce and rescue their wounded in a landmark display of cooperation, and just don't care.

Wren@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 15d

It was a bad joke, poorly thought out. Let's leave it at that.