Did 'Jack Kimble' Predict Trump's Lake Ontario Name Change? 2025 Post Goes Viral Amid US-Canada Trade War
The renaming follows collapsed trade talks and new U.S. tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian goods, after Ontario's premier insulted the president.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in all official records, escalating tensions with Canada.
- Tensions escalated after trade negotiations collapsed on August 22, prompting the United States to impose 50 percent tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian exports. Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized the move, leading Trump to label him a "flunky."
- Ford responded at a news conference by calling Trump a "dictator" and "bully," while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended the lake's original name, stating it comes from the Wendat word Ontario, meaning "the lake is beautiful, the lake is big."
- Posting an AI-generated video on Saturday, President Trump depicted an army of heavily-armed "Donald Ducks" patrolling the shores of "Lake America," set to Hawaii Five-O music and featuring the president's signature hairstyle.
- Although the president can direct federal agencies, he cannot compel foreign nations or private entities to adopt the new name. The lake's current title is more than 400 years old, predating the Declaration of Independence and the Confederation of Canada.
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Le Journal de Montreal
Le Journal de QuebecTrump released an AI video of armed geese on the "Lake America", his new name for Lake Ontario.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump posts AI video of ‘Lake America’ being protected by an army of ‘Donald Ducks’
The post came after the president signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ amid a bitter tariff war with Canada
Letters to the Editor: Lake Ontario renaming is just another bit of Trump foolishness to ignore
'We'll have a new Congress soon, hopefully including the Senate, and then in January 2029, we'll move beyond his destructive silliness,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Calabria News
(Adnkronos) "An army of 'Donald Ducks', ducks armed with human arms and the hair of Donald Trump, marching in defense of 'Lake America'. It is the video generated with the artificial intelligence published by the American president on Truth Social, after the decision to rename Lake Ontario had unleashed on social a series of [...] The article Trump Post Army of 'Donald Ducks', the armed ducks in defense of Lake America comes from Calabria News.
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