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[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Eh. He can say what he wants. He says the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America, he says Lake Ontario is now Lake America. Those changes reflect online for Americans, but for the rest of the world they keep their name.

Ooooh. Good point. It would be very funny if he just "annexes" canada via the GNIS (the database through which he "renamed" gulf of mexico)