Dangling shiny keys in front of people remains an effective method of narrative control a decade on.
"Lake America" is a literal nominal change that will have no lasting impacts that anybody actually cares about. But because it's so wild and outrageous, it captures so much attention that you probably haven't heard about the following:
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/31/trump-say...
* https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/homeland-security-vo...
* https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/31/trump-plans...
* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/why-the-editor-of-stars...
* https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20...
* General Iran War stuff
* The failure of American-Canadian tariff negotiations that precipitated the lake rename
"The strategy came to public light after [former Trump chief political strategist] Bannon told Michael Lewis in 2018 that "The Democrats don't matter... The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit".