Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has released a song attacking President Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” portraying the move as a distraction from the Epstein files and the war with Iran.
The song, “Lake Ontario,” was released Wednesday and will appear as a bonus track on Mr. Adams’ album “How’s It Goin’,” due Nov. 6. It arrived just days before the U.S. midterm elections.
Mr. Trump signed the executive order on Aug. 27, directing federal agencies to use “Lake America” amid an escalating trade war with Canada. The order governs only U.S. government usage. Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded that the lake will always be Lake Ontario to Canadians.
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“Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever,” Mr. Adams, 66, said. “This is a song for all the sane people on both shores who know that the current madness will pass, and that Lake Ontario will always be Lake Ontario.”
The lyrics, which Breitbart News also detailed, say the lake’s name comes from Indigenous people rather than from an executive order. They compare Mr. Trump to a baby hurling toys out of a stroller after things went poorly in Iran. They suggest the renaming was staged to divert attention while the Epstein files gained momentum.
Mr. Trump has denied wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. The Justice Department has said some documents in the files contain untrue and sensationalist claims against him.
It is not Mr. Adams’ first jab at the president. On Canada Day, he released “51st State,” a response to Mr. Trump’s repeated suggestions that Canada become part of the United States.
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