A New Trump-Inspired Name Just Hit The Map — And It’s Definitely Not A Tribute

In retaliation for Donald Trump, as part of his trade war with Canada, renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” the city of Cleveland has passed a tongue-in-cheek resolution.

According to KTLA, Cleveland has passed a resolution to rename another of the Great Lakes. Part of one, anyway.

Ward 4 Councilman Kris Harsh introduced the measure to call a portion of Lake Erie “The Gulf of Cleveland.”

“I feel emboldened to take the extraordinary step of renaming Lake Erie as the Gulf of Cleveland today,” Harsh said to explain. “I made a map. There it is. This is all it takes. It’s now the Gulf of Cleveland.”

Cleveland City Council voted Monday to rename the stretch of Lake Erie along the city’s shoreline the “Gulf of Cleveland,” extending two miles offshore 🌊

The resolution is a political response to Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, and calls for Apple and… pic.twitter.com/2dCInalMoE

— I’m From Cleveland (@ImFromCle) September 16, 2026

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“This Council now and forever renames the area of Lake Erie from the easternmost and westernmost points of its shoreline and two miles into Lake Erie from its shoreline as the ‘Gulf of Cleveland,” the text of the resolution said.

“Started last year with the Gulf of Mexico, and now we’re talking about Lake Ontario, and he wants to rename New Mexico,” he said. “It kind of stunned me that people could be this distracted. So, I was staring at the lake one day and thinking, gosh, the Gulf of Cleveland has a really nice ring to it,” Harsh added, per the report.

The councilman made clear that this was meant as satire.

“There are serious problems in this country, and yes, I am making fun of the fact that he likes to spend time renaming bodies of water,” Harsh said. “But I hope that the joke lands in a way that people realize we’ve got to get off this foolishness and start focusing on things that matter here in the city.”

President Trump has pushed to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”

Now, get ready for the “Gulf of Cleveland.” https://t.co/vJvRAunb7K

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 16, 2026