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Comment by sb057

Trump is dangling them in front of his opponents and the public.

"Lake America" is a literal nominal change that will have no lasting impacts that anybody actually cares about. But because it's so wild and outrageous, it captures so much attention that you probably haven't heard about the following:

* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/31/trump-say...

* https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/homeland-security-vo...

* https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/31/trump-plans...

* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/why-the-editor-of-stars...

* https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20...

* General Iran War stuff

* The failure of American-Canadian tariff negotiations that precipitated the lake rename

parent sb057 2 months ago

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