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Lake America? Spare Us

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President Donald Trump speaks at an event to sign an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 27, 2026.

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*sigh*

Do I really have to do this? Must I talk about yet another pointless, stupid publicity stunt by America’s flailing president? I suppose so, if only briefly, and only to note how unsuccessful the attempted distraction is. Lake Ontario – you might have heard of it, it’s one of the lamer Great Lakes, but Niagara Falls is nice for budget honeymoons, and western N.Y. needs something going for it other than Indian casinos — has today been peremptorily renamed “Lake America” by Donald Trump via executive order.

Jeffrey Blehar

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Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.

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