What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Wm Shakespeare
The Associated Press announced that it had been banned from covering the White House because its style guidelines continue to call the body of water west of Florida and east of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico" instead of the "Gulf of America" as directed by 47.
Much of what 47 says/does is purely for show intended to stir up controversy i.e. give his opponents easy targets to vent their spleen. Threatening to annex Canada, Mexico, and Greenland would fall this in this category.
Why stir up faux controversies? To create a smokescreen of chaos obscuring the more deadly and authentic plans afoot e.g. "taking over" Gaza, whatever that is supposed to mean. Buying it from Hamas or individual owners who have no desire to sell? Invading it with U.S. boots on the ground (already there) and occupying it in perpetuity? Sending all Gazans to Egypt and Jordan who have emphatically stated they will not accept them?
Renaming is just getting rolling though because now comes word that the warriors of anti-wokeness are overturning names that had replaced racist namesakes with more admirable ones.
Pentagon head Hegsweth directed the Army to stop calling the former Fort Bragg in North Carolina "Fort Liberty" and return to calling it "Fort Bragg." Previously named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg (a traitor to the U.S., by definition, and a slave holder to boot), it's now named for Pfc. Roland Bragg.
I heard about this because Pfc. Bragg was a WWII veteran from Maine where I live. Who could make up something this absurd?
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