WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already ​spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border ‌trade.

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    Just your daily reminder that the President of the United States is a delusional narcissist with the emotional development of a toddler.

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    I’m rather tired of this executive order nonsense. Can things really be changed so easily with an EO decree? If so, things are severely broken.

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      An executive order is a directive to the executive branch of the federal government. Nothing more. The POTUS is given broad discretion over the executive branch under the US constitution. But, executive orders are not laws and do not apply to anyone aside from the people who effectively report the president.

      Not that directives from the president can’t have a tangible impact. They certainly can. This particular tantrum, however, does not and will simply be ignored by everyone else.

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      EOs are meant to be policies or orders on how to manage some power or other that Congress assigns to the president to manage something. They are instructions on how to do something or an order for federal agencies to carry out some action. Trump is just blustering.

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    If the next president doesn’t sign an EO to rename trump “little pedo bitch” I don’t know what we’re even doing

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    I’m sure this will work, he’s great with water… the gulf of mexico, the reflecting pool

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      Not to mention the Strait of Hormuz. (Didn’t he literally try to rename THAT the Strait of America too?)

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      the gulf of mexico

      You’re delusional. In East America (the old “Europe”) we know it’s called Gulf of America. Same for West America (Japan) or North West America (North Korea).

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    Its the same I declare bankruptcy energy from Michael Scott. You took the map in your own home and wrote over it. What does he think Canadians or the rest of the world are going to do it too? They’re simply laughing at us right now. Every time I think we can lose more respect on the international stage they find a way.

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    " Trump’s executive order on Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes of North America, applies to U.S. federal usage about the lake, ‌and does not govern what Canada, international bodies or other organizations call the lake."

    Its pretty much just like a tarriff that only Americans have to pay?

    I think the correct response for Carney would be to rename the USA “Mexico Jr”.

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    What an idiot! edit: Make an executive order for a mandatory first child name be Donald. Why not?

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    This is your reminder that the president has no enumerated power to name things. The president can say “hence forth Alice and Bob will be known as Art and Betty” and we can all still call them whatever we want. You will not be sent to jail for talking about the Gulf of Mexico since that is what everyone calls it.

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    I actually thought the video was ai when I saw a clip. I was thinking ha not again.