Bill Maher Mocks Trump Critics Over Lake America Rename as U.S. Slaps 50% Canada Tariffs
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Bill Maher Mocks Trump Critics Over Lake America Rename as U.S. Slaps 50% Canada Tariffs
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
Friday’s "Real Time" monologue saw Bill Maher ridicule liberal anger over Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," quipping that critics also favor politically driven language changes.
Maher tied the joke to terms like "Latinx" and "birthing person," arguing liberals cannot object to renaming when they have backed terminology shifts for ideological reasons.
Trump signed the executive order Thursday and said the change was effective immediately, extending a pattern that Maher compared to the earlier renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America."
The move came as U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed late Friday and Washington pressed ahead with 50% tariffs on Canada, widening Trump’s clash with Ottawa beyond symbolism.