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Gov. Pritzker Renames Lake Michigan To 'Lake Illinois'

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during an interview in Chicago, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently made headlines with a satirical response to President Donald Trump's unconventional executive orders. In a choreographed video, Pritzker humorously announced the renaming of Lake Michigan to 'Lake Illinois,' in a playful nod to Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

Pritzker, with a straight face, declared that the world's top geographers had decided that a great lake deserved to be named after a great state, leading to the proclamation changing Lake Michigan's name. The Governor even joked about annexing Green Bay from Wisconsin, mirroring Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland.

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