By Mashable | Created at 2026-09-04 10:15:53 | Updated at 2026-09-20 19:29:31
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"This is some real dork sh*t."
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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
on September 4, 2026
Trump has issued an executive order changing the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America", combining the announcement with a social media clip of him changing the name on the map himself with a sharpie — and nobody is less impressed than Seth Meyers.
"My least favorite thing about the name change of Lake Ontario? Can I tell you my least favorite thing? Is when he took out the map to change it in sharpie and he crossed out the "Lake" to write "Lake" above it," says Meyers in the Late Night clip above. "Like why not just cross out Ontario and write America? But he crossed out both. Like the lake's there. The lake didn't change."
Meyers' conclusion? "This is some real dork sh*t," he says. "They're just such dorks. And you know what again, it's a real reminder that they can't actually accomplish anything."
Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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