Saturday, August 29, 2026

City of Rochester, New York, On Lake Ontario, Issues Proclamation Refusing to Change the Name, Calls Trump’s Order “Desperate and Flaccid”

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Rochester, New York has rejected Donald Trump’s plan to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

With 1 million in population, Rochester is the largest US city on Lake Ontario. In a proclamation today, they’ve rebuked Trump and called his decision “desperate and flaccid.”

You rarely see the word “flaccid” in a city edict, but these people knew exactly what they meant. Trump is impotent.

Earlier today, Trump called NY Governor Kathy Hochul “stupid” for declining to change the name.

In Canada, the people are laughing — again — at Trump, noting the word Ontario long preceded the lake or the province.

The proclamation is below. Trump is a fool if he thinks anyone is going along with yet another one of his vain, demented orders. He’ll be lucky if Canada doesn’t block the St. Lawrence Seaway to American commerce.

Oh, Canada! Trump rhymes with “chump.”

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