On Friday, Pritzker posted a (probably) satirical video on social media the place he introduced a plan to alter the title of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois.
“The world’s most interesting geographers, specialists who research the Earth’s pure surroundings, have concluded a decades-long council and decided that an important lake deserves to be named after an important state,” Pritzker started.
“So as we speak, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be referred to as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to make sure the world’s maps replicate this momentous change.”
The announcement appears to have been meant to mock Trump, who stated final month that he needs the Gulf of Mexico to now be referred to as the “Gulf of America,” as a result of “it’s ours.”
However Pritzker wasn’t completed along with his geographical declarations.
In response to Trump’s December declaration that he needs the U.S. to buy and control Greenland, Pritzker stated his state “will now be annexing” Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, “to guard itself in opposition to enemies, overseas and home.”
NBC Chicago famous that Pritzker’s cheeky Inexperienced Bay remark was a reference to the truth that the Packers are considered the Chicago Bears’ biggest rival.
However Pritzker had extra plans for annexation.
“I’ve additionally instructed my staff to work diligently to organize for an essential announcement subsequent week concerning the Mississippi River,” he stated. “God bless America and bear down.”
You may see Pritzker’s publish beneath.
HuffPost reached out to the White Home for remark, however nobody instantly responded.
Nonetheless, Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf is getting blended opinions.
Though Google agreed to go along with the name change, Britain announced it will not, angering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene within the course of.
