Dems Meltdown Over Trump Lake Ontario Rename

With his typical flourish and fanfare, President Donald Trump renamed one of the Great Lakes from “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” on Thursday,

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Lake Ontario is renamed to LAKE AMERICA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZFww8PexiW

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 27, 2026

But not everybody is happy about this change, which the president first shared Tuesday morning to a Truth Social post. Canada, of course, may be very put out.

Lake Ontario is and will always be Lake Ontario, and no govt order will change that. It does not belong to President Donald Trump to rename on a whim.

Our two international locations have real commerce points that impression our people. Instead of responding to stunts and distractions, Canadians…

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) August 27, 2026

Lake Ontario is and will always be Lake Ontario, and no govt order will change that. It does not belong to President Donald Trump to rename on a whim.

Our two international locations have real commerce points that impression our people. Instead of responding to stunts and distractions, Canadians must keep targeted on what we are able to control: making our financial system strong and inexpensive at home and utilizing our leverage to battle tariffs overseas.

But the Democrats and the perpetual complainers on the Left also have their panties in a bunch. Mind you, these are the same people who modified “Columbus Day” to “Indigenous People’s Day,” compelled corporations to get rid of historic, and iconic symbols like Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Land ‘O Lakes. They also cheered on the tearing down of historic statues because the historical past behind them or the individual they represented did not go well with the Woke narrative.

The Democrat electeds’ thoughts meld, some of them from the Great Lakes states, had a lot to say about the president’s govt order. 

Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-06), whose state borders Lake America, says she won’t settle for the identify change. But Dingell has been having heaps of disconnects from actuality of late, so why ought to this one be any different?

The Great Lakes are a shared treasure that generations of Americans and Canadians have labored together to shield. Donald Trump can signal all the manager orders he needs, but it would always be Lake Ontario.

— Rep. Debbie Dingell (@RepDebDingell) August 27, 2026

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says New York will not be calling it that. I assume since no person listens to her, we’ll just have to wait and see.

New York gained’t be calling it that. https://t.co/FJQonEk8tI

— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) August 27, 2026

Democrat candidate for MN governor, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has also signaled that she is Team Everyone Else but America.

So Trump is so obsessed with dissing our buddies, neighbors, and trading companions in Canada that he just signed an govt order renaming Lake Ontario. On behalf of the GREAT Lake Superior, I call that SUPERIORLY silly. We’ve had enough of Trump’s tariff taxes. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) August 27, 2026

Failed Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers mocked Trump’s renaming by signing a serviette at McDonald’s, totally proving that parody and satire are completely misplaced on the Left. 

And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin. See, I can signal napkins that say issues, too. https://t.co/ZhhsuJlt3U pic.twitter.com/yrnvPuuC4t

— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) August 27, 2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) has finally dropped the pretense of wanting to seem bipartisan, and is back to attempting to make, “It’s Affordability, Stupid” a factor.

Donald Trump picked a battle with Canada that is costing you money.

Instead of fixing it, he’s spending your tax {dollars} to rename Lake Ontario.

Republicans don’t give a rattling about making your life more inexpensive.

— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) August 27, 2026

Progressive commentator Alex Cole must have had one thing dangerous for lunch, because he regurgitated this acronym:

S – Superior
H – Huron
A – America
M- Michigan
E – Erie

Trump renamed Lake Ontario and by accident turned the Great Lakes into an acronym for his presidency: SHAME.

Hahaha what a rattling fool. 🤣

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 27, 2026

MD Sen. Chris Van Hollen has run out of unlawful aliens to go to and have drinks with, so he determined to weigh in with this deep analysis, evaluating President Trump to a toddler.

More evidence we elected a toddler as president.https://t.co/ESe7kpb69w pic.twitter.com/pqnlWVztd9

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) August 27, 2026

Oddly, even a map utility that barely anybody makes use of had a take.

We’re not altering the identify of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you need at your leisure: https://t.co/E2I0Ezd57W

(tag us so we are able to see your work 🙂) pic.twitter.com/x8lIAMt6ab

— MapQuest (@MapQuest) August 27, 2026

And finally, the Empire State senator who threatened the justices of the Supreme Court is aware of a factor or two about “personal grievances.”

Inflation growing. The Iran struggle raging on with no end in sight. A commerce struggle with Canada. And what does Trump need? To rename Lake Ontario.

Donald Trump’s personal grievances first, Americans last. https://t.co/OFtVQ6t604

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 26, 2026

But for the most half, most Americans actually do not care. And I imply, they actually do not.

Republicans are also feeling mellow. They posted this apt response to all the Democrat meltdown.

https://t.co/7MH7so2XNX pic.twitter.com/GbfqQayq9F

— Republicans (@Republicans) August 27, 2026

Boom.

Editor’s Note: President Trump is main America into the “Golden Age” as Democrats desperately strive to stop it.  

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