Canadian Icon Bryan Adams Blasts Trump's Lake Ontario Renaming, Defends National Heritage
Rock star's new song and album celebrate Canada while he accuses the former president of undermining peace on the shared border lake.
For many Canadians, Bryan Adams—known as a Canadian rock musician—has reinforced his patriotic image by releasing a new song titled Lake Ontario and an album he calls a 'love letter' to Canada.
His recent statement, quoting 'Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever,' underscores the enduring importance of the lake that straddles the US‑Canada border, and he has accused Donald Trump of 'breaking the peace' between the people who live on its shores.
According to The Washington Times, Adams said Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America was a way to distract from the Epstein files, a move that threatens the lake's historic names—Lac Saint‑Louis, Lacus Ontarius, Skaniadorio and Cataraqui Lake—and the national identity they represent.
Original reporting
The Guardian
Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US president Lake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada border, has gone by many names over the centuries: Lac Saint-Louis, Lacus Ontarius, Skaniadorio, Cataraqui Lake. But one thing it will never be called, says Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, is Lake America. In his new song Lake Ontario, Adams takes aim at the US president, Donald Trump, accusing him of “breaking the peace” between the people who live on the lake’s shores. The ‘lake of shining waters’ is what the Iroquois…
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Bryan Adams: Trump's 'Lake America' order is a distraction from Epstein files
Singer BRYAN ADAMS writes new song that says Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America was a way to distract from the Epstein Files. "Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever," Adams said in a statement.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Bryan Adams is a Canadian rock musician.
- Bryan Adams released a new song titled Lake Ontario.
- Bryan Adams released a new album that he described as a 'love letter' to Canada.
- Bryan Adams accused Donald Trump of "breaking the peace" between the people who live on Lake Ontario's shores.
- Lake Ontario straddles the US-Canada border.
- Lake Ontario has been known by names including Lac Saint-Louis, Lacus Ontarius, Skaniadorio and Cataraqui Lake.
- Bryan Adams said in a statement: "Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever."
- According to The Washington Times, Bryan Adams said Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America was a way to distract from the Epstein files.
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