Everything is America
Sep 4, 2026 · 32 min · 5 segments
Further reading: - Darel E. Paul, “Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy” (*First Things*) - Carl R. Trueman, “…
Sep 4, 2026 · 32 min · 5 segments
Further reading: - Darel E. Paul, “Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy” (*First Things*) - Carl R. Trueman, “…
Rusty RenoGuestGermán S. Díaz-El CastilloHostJustin LeeGuestIn the past few weeks, he's also officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, similarly to how he changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
He then implied that he might change the name of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Recently, he made a post on Truth Social saying, now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name of the Hormuz Strait to the Trump Strait? In the past, Trump has suggested that Canada should be America's 51st state, with maps in the Oval Office showing the stars and stripes over Canada.
There is, he does seem to enjoy these kinds of petty exercises of power, like renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
I noticed that in the Rand McNally Atlas for 2026, it is in fact labeled the Gulf of America.
Well, so, I mean, my question that I wanted to get started is that...
Venezuela has very old and very deteriorated systems of extracting oil.
And to extract and use the oil for any real purposes, there's going to have to...
We're going to have to spend a lot of time repairing these systems.
And the second Trump presidency is probably never going to see that happen.
So it seems we're in a situation where we're talking about like nominal imperialism, but not actual imperialism.
Chevron signed a deal with the Venezuelan government to return to one of the oil fields where they've been working in the past.
So there is some, I don't know how many billions of dollars they committed to redevelop those oil fields.
Justin, what do you think? What do you think of all these name changes?
In the past few weeks, he's also officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, similarly to how he changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
He then implied that he might change the name of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Recently, he made a post on Truth Social saying, now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name of the Hormuz Strait to the Trump Strait? In the past, Trump has suggested that Canada should be America's 51st state, with maps in the Oval Office showing the stars and stripes over Canada.
There is, he does seem to enjoy these kinds of petty exercises of power, like renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
I noticed that in the Rand McNally Atlas for 2026, it is in fact labeled the Gulf of America.
Well, so, I mean, my question that I wanted to get started is that...
Venezuela has very old and very deteriorated systems of extracting oil.
And to extract and use the oil for any real purposes, there's going to have to...
We're going to have to spend a lot of time repairing these systems.
And the second Trump presidency is probably never going to see that happen.
So it seems we're in a situation where we're talking about like nominal imperialism, but not actual imperialism.
Chevron signed a deal with the Venezuelan government to return to one of the oil fields where they've been working in the past.
So there is some, I don't know how many billions of dollars they committed to redevelop those oil fields.
Justin, what do you think? What do you think of all these name changes?
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