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[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

This is what occupies this demented child rapist's mind. Renaming a lake that was named by the indigenous peoples, a name that the government of Canada did not have a hand in. His brain is literally just doing sound associations. WTF? I've had it for today

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

The US president is such a toddler.

Fuckin embarrassing.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Balk is a very diplomatic word to describe the reaction from Canadians.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is a child’s conception of Presidential power.

There is something deeply wrong and hopelessly broken at the core of American government and the American people, to enable and tolerate this kind of narcissistic behavior and absent-minded policy-making by Twitter-decree.

This style of petty manipulation, negative attention seeking, self-aggrandizing and grandiose obsession, and carelessly destructive interpersonal action is textbook malignant narcissism. You are really, really, really, really not supposed to allow a person like this access to the Presidency (or any position of power at all, ideally) because of how effortlessly destructive they are, and difficult they are to dislodge.

America is deep in the throes of a particularly nasty form of powerful narcissistic abuse on a national scale, and there is no clear or easy way to escape from it at this stage. There is an entire generation of abusers enabled by this system of power, frothing at the mouth to supplant Trump when he is finally gone.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago

Michigander here. Don't fuck with my Great Lakes!

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 20 points 2 days ago

"Balk?" Balk? As if there was even the slightest chance that we'd deign to even consider this moron's mouth-farts about renaming stuff?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

How about Lake Epstein.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Name it after the president: Lake Stupid

[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How long until New Mexico gets renamed to New America or something, or perhaps Trump?

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about Ontario, California, Ontario, Illinois, Ontario, Indiana, Ontario, Iowa, Ontario, New York, Ontario, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, and Ontario, Wisconsin?

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Or Ottawa, Illinois.

Or the Trump-Epstein Files?

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Balk? Like we give a fuck what this gasbag calls things! We have bigger fish to fry.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

Donald Rapist Trump is a professional troll.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

points at random school

School of America.

points at Atlantic Ocean

Ocean of America.

points at UK

United Kingdom of America

[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hereby declare that the Pacific Ocean is now called Frompwauder and the Moon is now called McSkivvens.

[–] atearinspace@retrofed.com 5 points 2 days ago

I hereby recognize your declaration.

Be sure to check out the McSkivven eclipse Thursday night!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

The next viral trend needs to be people watching a newscast that quotes Trump, and just busting out laughing. Hundreds, nay, thousands, all laughing at him, playing on repeat on all the short form video sites.

[–] PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Lake Ontario has a nice ring to it, Lake America sounds like piss water