I mean, I guess each country has the right to make up their own names if they want to…
This will go over about as well as the Sacagawea dollar coin, and the coin had the advantage of actually being a good idea.
Delusional LMAO.
America isn't even the countries name, it's "The United States OF America" with North America being the continent it's on.
The symbolism is on top of the "warmongering on allies" rhetoric, that could, in this case, push for a war on Mexico or takeover of its territorial rights to oil extraction in the Gulf. The lust over Greenland is its strategic role in attacking/defending Europe. The resources there are very expensive to extract due to infrastructure needs. The Panama canal is to stop Chinese trade/influence, but usual US policy is threats/coups instead of offering market prices. Panama canal fees are high due to droughts related to global warming which Trump wants to increase beyond reparability.
whew! I'm glad we solved all the REAL problems so now we can focus on this shit!
Fine, then we gotta spend the money to care for the natural life there as if it were ours.
Oh you don't want to spend the money? Figures, you cheapskate "conservatives".
Eehhh, not to rain on your parade but in Ukraine it was Putin's Russia doing the funding and support, not the US.
Not that it matters much, the US has a long history of fucking over other countries, Nicaragua, chile, Iran, just a few examples.
Either way, they've never been as brazen and petty about it
And French Fries are now Freedom Fries /s
20 some years ago when that happened, I remember saying "What? That's stupid....". I was a teenager at the time. I was yelled at by adults saying "NO! IT'S NOT STUPID!!! WE'RE AMERICANS!!! FREEDOM FRIES ARE AN AMERICAN FOOD!!! WE GROW POTATOES IN IDAHO!!! NOT PARIS!!!!"
Today, I'm 41. Teenager me wasn't immature. Well, ok, I was, on a lot of things. But NOT on this. 41 year old me looks back and says teenager me was right.
This IS stupid.
French fries then, french fries now.
How about New Mexico state?
Trump tomorrow: "we're renaming the state of New Mexico to the state of New Murica!"
I guess "Bumpkin Bay" is a little too on the nose.
Or maybe "Gulf Of Florida Man."
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