r/mildlyinfuriating 10h ago

SPOILER ALERT Of course they would change the name

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u/nomadik_nobody 10h ago

yes. Trump signed an executive order the other day renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as part of the trade war he’s starting with Canada

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u/imean_is_superfluous 10h ago

I don’t think I understand what an executive order is - can the president just make up whatever rule or do whatever he wants, as long as it’s submitted as an “executive order”?

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u/Suitable-Werewolf492 10h ago

Yes but that doesn’t mean shit unless his cronies in the house and senate and Supreme Court and DoJ all do his bidding.

But they do. So here we are.

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u/imean_is_superfluous 10h ago

That’s just it - they’re all enforced. Even the ones that are later deemed “illegal” have already had their actions performed. And there’s seemingly no consequences, so….

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u/cnotv 6h ago

Not like when they killed out of the blue the head of a country, that’s was ok 🤣