Canadian rockstar Bryan Adams has been slated after releasing a new song named 'Lake Ontario' which takes aim at President Donald Trump.
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The 66-year-old released the tune on Wednesday as an attack on Trump's August executive order that renamed the body of water Lake America.
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The lyrics do not name the commander-in-chief outright, but instead refer to 'one dude' who renames the lake, starts a war in Iran and namedrops the Epstein files.
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One verse reads: 'But things weren’t going his way in Iran.
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He may have thought it best to throw a low blow.
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But it feels like another distraction.
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While the Epstein files were getting traction
'One day they’ll come out, and we’ll say “there you go”.
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And then we’ll all dive into Lake Ontario.'
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The song also hits out at Trump for breaking the peace of those who settled around the 'banks and shores' of the lake, which is partly in New York State and partly in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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A music video with the lyrics was released on Wednesday, showing Adams near the waters of the lake while teasing that it was part of an album due out next month.
Yet after the lyrics started circulating on social media, users went after the singer songwriter for getting political.
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The 66-year-old, seen here last year, released the tune on Wednesday named after the lake following Trump's executive order in August to rename it
The lyrics do not name the commander-in-chief, seen here on Wednesday night, outright but instead refer to 'one dude' who renames the lake and starts a war in Iran
One person commented on X: 'Adam's just lost fans.
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Another, poking fun at him with the title of one of his biggest hits, added: 'This guy hasn't been relevant since the Summer of 69.
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'Dude has lived in Europe for 3 decades.
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He should stick to writing love songs.
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No one cares what this European has to say about Canada,' another posted.
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One other said: 'Well there goes another artist I'll never listen to again.
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They should just play music and shut the f*** up.'
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In a video posted to TikTok on August 26, Trump announced his intention to give the lake a distinctly American identity.
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'We're gonna make a little change, we're gonna call it something different than Lake Ontario,' he declared.
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'We're gonna call it Lake America.
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And all it takes is a good pen and some intelligence.'
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The president then demonstrated his proposal by taking a Sharpie to a map, crossing out the existing name and writing 'LAKE AMERICA' above it.
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Canadians have continued to call Lake Ontario by its original name and Trump's renaming project has proven unpopular with many American liberals and conservatives.
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Despite the criticism against Adams, many right-wingers themselves have accused Trump of trying to distract from his unpopular war in Iran.
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The ongoing conflict will cost the Republican party seats in many traditional GOP strongholds in next week's midterm elections, if polls are to be believed.
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It was the latest in a line of name changes his administration has brought in since starting his second term.
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One verse reads: 'But things weren’t going his way in Iran.
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He may have thought it best to throw a low blow'
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After the lyrics started circulating on social media, users went after the singer songwriter for getting political
Trump is seen here displaying his executive order which renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America
One of his first major moves came when he ordered federal agencies to adopt the name 'Gulf of America' instead of Gulf of Mexico.
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The sweeping change quickly became a symbol of his America First agenda.
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'We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,' Trump told reporters at the time.
'Which has a beautiful ring.
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That covers a lot of territory.
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The move attracted international attention, particularly because the enormous body of water borders not only the United States but also Mexico and Cuba.
Although Washington can determine the terminology used by its own federal agencies, it cannot compel foreign governments to recognize its preferred geographical names.
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