A January 2025 social media post from the parody account “Jack Kimble” has gone viral after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America. The old post garnered significant attention, with many online users asking whether the satirical account had somehow “predicted” Trump’s move.
Trump announced the name change amid the escalating trade tensions between the United States and Canada as both countries impose steep tariffs on each other’s goods. Jack Kimble is a long-running parody account that describes itself as a Republican representing California’s fictional 54th Congressional District and a “co-sponsor of Poe’s Law. Kimble’s original post read, “President Trump’s second term is off to a GREAT start. I’ll be introducing legislation ASAP to officially change the name of Lake Ontario to its rightful name, Lake America! Let’s make the Great Lakes great again! Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario followed a week of worsening trade tensions between the two countries.
The account has more than 130,000 followers and has previously fooled news outlets with convincing satirical posts.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had vowed to match new American tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” after the United States imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.
Earlier this year, CNN also issued an on-air apology after quoting a fake statement from the Kimble account regarding Senator Mitch McConnell’s health during a segment.
