Illinois Gov. Mocks Trumps Gulf Of America Plan With His Own | EUROtoday

On Friday, Pritzker posted a (most likely) satirical video on social media the place he introduced a plan to alter the title of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois.

“The world’s finest geographers, experts who study the Earth’s natural environment, have concluded a decades-long council and determined that a great lake deserves to be named after a great state,” Pritzker started.

“So today, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change.”

The announcement appears to have been supposed to mock Trump, who stated final month that he desires the Gulf of Mexico to now be known as the “Gulf of America,” as a result of “it’s ours.”

But Pritzker wasn’t completed along with his geographical declarations.

In response to Trump’s December declaration that he desires the U.S. to purchase and management Greenland, Pritzker stated his state “will now be annexing” Green Bay, Wisconsin, “to protect itself against enemies, foreign and domestic.”

NBC Chicago famous that Pritzker’s cheeky Green Bay remark was a reference to the truth that the Packers are thought-about the Chicago Bears’ largest rival.

But Pritzker had extra plans for annexation.

“I’ve also instructed my team to work diligently to prepare for an important announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River,” he stated. “God bless America and bear down.”

You can see Pritzker’s submit under.

HuffPost reached out to the White House for remark, however nobody instantly responded.

However, Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf is getting blended critiques.

Although Google agreed to associate with the title change, Britain introduced it won’t, angering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene within the course of.