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[–] stretch2m 2 points 6 days ago

Condemned?! Oh no! That has only happened to Trump six thousand times with absolutely no repercussions.

Let's just count on him being condemned in the religious sense.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago

I'm sure his respect for other cultures will cause him to change his mind here.

[–] 0ndead 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

It's flooding the zone. Chaos is a ladder.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Release the America Files!

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The lake was never renamed, at least on the Canadian side.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's not renamed here either. An executive order doesn't function that way. It's merely a directive for government officials.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You say that, but on both google and apple maps for example the Gulf of Mexico is now labeled as the Gulf of America. So there are public companies caving to the stupidity of this kind of dumbass bullshit. Those are probably the two most used map products in the entire world, so this stuff is not isolated to the US government

They have yet to cave and change the name of Lake Ontario, but give it a month or two and Im sure they will do it

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It well be weeks. And the rest of the world gets the brackets like all other contested names.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Labeling does not make it a new thing.

[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The next weird Trump move. It's telling how similar autocrats act across the globe. China has been playing the same 'name games' with its neighbours and in the wider Indo-Pacific Region for decades, and Xi Jinping has been increasing such activities in recent years.

A recent example: China has just officially mapped Russian Far East sites with Chinese names. It's another sign that Beijing isn't a reliable partner - not even for a like- minded dictatorship.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I would copy China too, they're the only ones still in touch with reality therefore have an actual shot at getting everything they want. Trump all but seals it. They don't even have to do anything shady, just get out his way and continue to appear isolationist to the casual observer.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Because russia has used all lf its remaining soft power in ukraine.