Social media post from Kevin M. Kruse @ @kevinmkruse.bsk... - 6h That's not how executive orders work and that's not how naming things work and this isn't how political reporting should work | either. This event should be covered, yes, but as another sign of the president's steady descent into complete ineffectiveness and utter insanity. Quoting and showing a screenshot of a social media post from NPR® @npr.org - 6h President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada . Image of Trump in the Oval Office with a map behind him on a board with LAKE AMERICA over Lake Ontario.