In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer.”
Of course, this isn’t Trump’s first jingoistic effort to rename a long-recognized body of water to reflect his “America First” agenda: In February 2025, he claimed the Gulf of Mexico would now be the “Gulf of America.”
But if Trump thought his latest name change would win hearts and minds, he was sadly mistaken. Instead, there was ridicule. Lots of ridicule. Oh, and mockery.
Some saw the name change as a sign Trump was losing his touch.
Others wondered if a lake name change was what Trump should be prioritizing at the current moment.
A couple of people attempted to add facts to the discourse.
But one person managed to sum up the whole thing in just one sentence.