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charcircuittoday at 5:57 PM3 repliesview on HN

What about the executive order reads as someone throwing a tantrum?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/hono...


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d34db33tstoday at 6:04 PM

That such an order exists is the giveaway

It's part of the "flood the field with bullshit" scheme of Steve Bannon

afavourtoday at 6:01 PM

I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. It’s very obviously a petulant and childish move made in response to trade negotiation failures with Canada. That’s literally what Trump himself has said:

> The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1171557898746...

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