‘Pathetic’: Furious MAGA Melts Down After Trump’s Bizarre New Renaming Stunt Backfires and Democrat Invokes Natalie Harp to Hit Him Where It Hurts
As President Donald Trump’s trade war with America’s longtime ally and northern neighbor intensifies, Trump floated a bizarre idea of changing the name of one of the Great Lakes.
But the stunt backfired when a Michigan Democrat suggested a different name using a close Trump aide to hit him where it hurts.
First, Trump criticized Canada again in a social media post Tuesday morning, continuing his complaints about trade talks that collapsed the previous Friday.
“Canada has been ‘Ripping Off’ the U.S.A. for decades. They have been charging our Farmers 400% Tariffs, and more. They have driven many wonderful U.S. companies out of business,” the president whined.
He continued a list of grievances before adding, “They feel entitled, but they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer!” something he has said repeatedly over the past few days.
In a second post, he claimed the U.S. has been losing $60 billion a year to Canada for the past 10 years.
He followed up with an image showing a map of Lake Ontario with its name crossed out in red and replaced with “LAKE AMERICA” in gold letters.
Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell quickly jumped into the fray, as her home state shares a border with Ontario.
Tearing a page out of Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s playbook, Dingell posted on X, “Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes.”
The reference points to Trump’s close aide, Natalie Harp, who has made headlines recently after secretly departing Turkey with the president on a decoy flight.
She, Trump, and a few other administration officials slipped off Air Force One via a catering truck, transferring to a military jet bound for England following a NATO summit and a “credible threat” from Iran.
Other administration staff, security personnel, and the press corps remained aboard Air Force One.
Ossoff enraged Trump and his MAGA supporters when he referenced Harp in a campaign speech in Atlanta on August 16.
The Georgia Democrat was heavily critical of Trump in the speech, saying the president would rather “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie” than “do the job” of the president.
The MAGA world lost its mind over Dingell’s post.
“Attacking a cancer survivor isn’t the flex you think it is, Debbie. Go back to sleep,” an X user proclaimed over a photo of a sleeping Dingell in Congress.
Another joined in, “What a disgraceful person you are. How embarrassing you were a congresswoman.”
And the hate continued.
“You’re an embarrassment to the great State of Michigan,” this angry MAGA commenter remarked.
Another poster also referenced Harp as a cancer survivor. “You are a pathetic shriveled old shrew – shame on you for attacking a bone-cancer-surviving woman!
Whether Harp is a cancer survivor is unclear. She has credited Trump with “saving her life” for legalizing experimental treatments during his first term in office, but whether she survived cancer or another illness has not been verified or confirmed.
Trump’s proposal to rename Lake Ontario follows an escalating war of words between the president and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Ford told CTV on Monday that Trump “can kiss my a**” and threatened to cut off Canadian-generated power to the United States, according to Mediate.
Trump responded with a post on his Truth Social platform.
“Lots of ‘bluster’ from Doug Ford, who is the Premier of the Canadian Province of Ontario, but who is better known as the less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford. America has been carrying Canada for decades, but no longer!”
New 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian imports took effect Saturday following the breakdown of U.S.-Canada trade talks. The expansive list of targeted goods spans building supplies, liquor, select apparel, and sporting gear — including hockey sticks.
In response, Canada announced plans to impose matching retaliatory tariffs starting Sept. 8 on U.S. steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.