Canadian rock star Bryan Adams has taken aim at US President Donald Trump in his new song 'Lake Ontario'. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
In the song, Adams accuses Trump of 'breaking the peace' between the people who live on the lake's shores. In August, Trump signed an executive order directing US federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America', echoing his earlier, widely mocked decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico 'the Gulf of America'. The move further escalated a feud with Canada. Trump's decision has largely been met with derision in Canada, with some pointing out that the province of Ontario is named after the lake, not the other way around.
Adams' lyrics emphasize the roots of the name:
«The ‘lake of shining waters’ is what the Iroquois called her It’s a First Nations name – not an executive order.»
Adams's lyrics also suggest that Trump's naming stunt was intended to deflect from the president's other political problems, including the war in Iran and renewed scrutiny of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
«But things weren’t going his way in Iran So like a baby tossing the toys from the pram While the Epstein files were getting traction».
The song is part of what Adams described in a recent interview as a broader 'love letter' to Canada: a songwriting project that began with an invitation from a film company to write about the Maritimes provinces of Canada and has since morphed into the upcoming album 'How’s It Goin’'.
«After finishing the first song, I moved on to that one, and then moved on to another one, and then started thinking maybe I should just carry on with my theme», he said.
As well as homages to Canadian heroes, the album also includes '51st State', released on 1 July – Canada Day – as another repudiation of Trump, in this case his efforts to annex Canada.
«You can push us to the brink».
The first time he played the song in public was in the US.
«We weren’t sure how people were going to respond to it», he said. «But we got a standing ovation every night for it. It made me think: perhaps, finally, the tide’s turning».