President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his latest escalation as he engages in a tense trade war with Canada.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his latest escalation as he engages in a tense trade war with Canada.

“‘Lake of America’ was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “We have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean. So, maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

Surrounded by large maps of the Great Lakes, Trump said the name change was “effective immediately,” and that his staff had “filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else.” A White House aide claimed the lake “has most of its volume in the United States” and that the “deepest parts” are in US territory.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
      28·
      2 days ago

      It isn’t even binding for Americans. He still doesn’t have the power to do that. It’s binding for his admin and some public institutions only. And he can bully some into obedience.

      I’m sure google maps will be among the first to kiss his ass again. (or suck dick, whichever you prefer. verbally, I mean) Without any prodding.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        2 days ago

        Then how come when I zoom out on Google maps I can see the gulf of America?

        Does it still show as gulf of Mexico when you’re outside the US?

        • teslekova@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Mate. Mate. Of course it shows as Gulf of Mexico if you’re outside the US. Because that is its name. We’re not into your country’s weird fantasies, unless troops show up and we have to pretend.

        • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Then how come when I zoom out on Google maps I can see the gulf of America?

          Like I said, sucking Trump’s dick.

          Does it still show as gulf of Mexico when you’re outside the US?

          I don’t use google maps, but Openstreetmap: yes, and only that.

    • bartleby1@lemmy.ml
      17·
      2 days ago

      I really hope so but I just checked Apple and Google Maps and they both say “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” and I’m not even in the states… these stupid tech giants have no backbone

      OpenStreetMap remains unchanged 😎

      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Who’s the dev on this one? Ive never heard this recommendation before in the degoogle subs. Is it the “OsmAnd”?

        Also, google maps in Canada still shows Lake Ontario and if it changes I’ll be floored.

        • bartleby1@lemmy.ml
          1·
          17 hours ago

          It’s not an app, it’s the largest crowdsourced mapping database. If you never heard of it, that’s sad…

      • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Not completely unchanged. Someone briefly changed the name before other editors restored it and moved Lake America to the official_name:en-US tag. That’s been OSM’s way of not quite placating people insisting on the name change.