# Now listen up, all you sons of bitches. It's Lake America now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608 "2026-08-27T18:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/81 "2026-08-28T11:47:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If I was a map printer I’d stop production. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > The biggest map maker right now is Google. They actually do care The renaming applies only to US government services. This will add another large and unnecessary expense to the American taxpayer, to satisfy a single individual’s (& his enablers) tantrum & ego. Picture owning a small business and having to change the name or move location. The cost of having to redesign & reprint brochures . . .all associated supplies, web presence, is a lot! Now move that to a much grander scale of a government renaming and ask yourself if you’d rather have tax breaks, social programs, infrastructure improvements. This renaming is meaningless to the rest of the world. To the rest of the planet the name is and will always be Lake Ontario, so named about 400 years ago, well before US or Canada came to be. It will serve to confuse. Nothing more. Pointless and energy draining. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/82 "2026-08-28T11:57:50Z")
Apparently, this pushes the US and trump’s team to “the brink of absurdity” (although I think that ship has already sailed.) > **[Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario pushes US and his team to brink of absurdity](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lake-ontario-america-gulf-rename-president-b3040649.html)** > > Absolutely nobody — not Democrats, nor Trump’s allies, journalists or even Canadians — walked away with anything useful from the president’s nonsense order signing on Thursday, writes John Bowden ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/83 "2026-08-28T12:38:32Z")
Why stop at only one Lake America? Why not make _all_ the Great Lakes "Lake America\*? Then you won’t have to ever worry about confusing Lake Erie with Lake Ontario – I’m sorry – Lake America. Because now they’ll ALL be “Lake America”. If you want to distinguish between them you can additionally label them 1 through 5, or A through E. Or call the former Lake Superior “the One that looks like a Wolf’s Head in profile” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/84 "2026-08-28T12:52:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > The biggest map maker right now is Google. They actually do care if Trump tries to hurt them. I didn’t know if they’ll comply, but they won’t be turning off their mapping functions. They haven’t complied yet. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/85 "2026-08-28T13:29:28Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Lake America 1, Lake America A, Lake America prime, Best Lake America, and Lake “it’s America dammit”. Beatcha to it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/86 "2026-08-28T13:30:39Z")
Maybe this will push them to return to “Gulf of Mexico”. What are they calling Denali these days? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/87 "2026-08-28T13:59:52Z")
Mt McKinley. Cavers. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/88 "2026-08-28T14:17:09Z")
I think if we’re renaming lakes, rename Lake Michigan as Lake Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/89 "2026-08-28T14:21:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I think if we’re renaming lakes, rename Lake Michigan as Lake Obama Too late, we already claimed it for Wisconsin [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFl3DfIvYw29A6bfjV8mNQb9NJCa02jy5-_pEaqQ8P0MxkhJ_WZ_sm4s8M&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFl3DfIvYw29A6bfjV8mNQb9NJCa02jy5-_pEaqQ8P0MxkhJ_WZ_sm4s8M&s=10) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/90 "2026-08-28T14:31:55Z")
I can accept that. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/91 "2026-08-28T14:35:46Z")
BREAKING! 💥 💥 💥 TRUMP TO RENAME ALL CANADIAN PROVINCES!!! Among the new names: Manitoba becomes Melania. Newfoundland and Labrador are changed to Mar-a-Lago-land. Yukon will be designated East Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/92 "2026-08-28T16:26:02Z")
Mapquest is letting everyone rename Lake Ontario. It’s fun naming things! > **[Lake Lake Michelle Obama - MapQuest](https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/Lake%20Michelle%20Obama)** > > Check out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Lake Michelle Obama! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/93 "2026-08-28T16:34:01Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Mapquest is letting everyone rename Lake Ontario. It’s fun naming things! So in addition to destroying the East Wing of the White House and turning the interior of what’s left into a semblance of an embarrassing gilded brothel, the Orange Peril has now renamed a lake with a 400-year-old legacy whose majority area belongs to Canada. So besides thoroughly disgracing the presidency, the moron has now turned the concept of Executive Orders into a bad joke. Way to go, Americans, for your voting performance in 2024! What the ever-loving hell were you thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/94 "2026-08-28T16:41:14Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … the Orange Peril has now renamed a lake with a 400-year-old legacy whose majority area belongs to Canada. You’re correct that the majority of the lake’s surface area is in Canada. But his argument is that the deepest parts of the lake are in United States’ waters, therefore the US has the majority of the lake’s volume, therefore it is an American lake and therefore the US can name the lake whatever it wants, Canada be damned. You can’t make this stuff up. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/95 "2026-08-28T16:43:19Z")
It’s also illegal, likely in violation of the Boundary Waters treaty between the US and Canada. Not that the concept of “legal” means anything to him ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/96 "2026-08-28T16:50:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Way to go, Americans, for your voting performance in 2024! What the ever-loving hell were you thinking? Please stop saying ‘you’ as if it was all of us voters. 66.8 million of us did not vote for him. Let’s all go vent our ire at the 71.9 million that did but it wasn’t ’all of us’ by a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/97 "2026-08-28T16:54:32Z")
That’s a lot of detail behind a thought…for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/98 "2026-08-28T17:06:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > You can’t make this stuff up. Sometimes I feel we are living in a satire. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/99 "2026-08-28T17:07:22Z")
Don’t worry, @BippityBoppityBoo , you’re still in my good books. I think what frustrates us in the rest of the world is that while slightly more than half of American voters put Trump in office almost two years ago, there is no way that they can remove him when most Americans (according to polls) are turning sour on him now. We hear your complaints about ever-increasing costs on food, fuel, and housing, and we hear your entreaties for him to do what he promised but never delivered, and we hear about how, instead of paying attention to your concerns, he’s occupying himself with such urgent, cannot-be-put-off tasks as renaming bodies of water and redesigning Washington DC’s buildings. So we hear you. What puzzles us is that outside of impeachment and conviction, and the 25th Amendment, you cannot get rid of this guy prior to the end of his term. There must be a way. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/100 "2026-08-28T17:34:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > what frustrates us in the rest of the world Even more so, the fact that it was made abundantly clear over and over and over again, prior to voting day, the mess he and the his new administration was going to create and even given that knowledge, he was voted in anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=6)