Bryan Adams Releases New Trump Protest Song “Lake Ontario”

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has released another Donald Trump protest song, “Lake Ontario,” included as part of his upcoming album, How’s It Goin.

The single, released to YouTube and other social media platforms by the legendary musician, takes aim at the U.S. president, while never naming Trump directly. A music video for the single has Adams standing on a giant rock alongside Lake Ontario, which Trump renamed as Lake America as part of an executive order amid a tariff and trade war with Canada.

“The lake of shining waters is what the Iroquois called her/ It’s the First Nations name, not an executive order,” assert Adams’ lyrics. The star rocker then insists the lake name change was a diversion from a faltering presidency.

“Things weren’t going his way in Iran/ So like a baby tossing the toys from the pram/ He may have thought it best to throw a low blow/ And create a real dog and pony show/ But it feels like another distraction,” Adams says in his song’s lyrics. “While the Epstein files are getting traction/ One day they’ll come out and we’ll say ‘There you go’ / And then we’ll all dive into Lake Ontario.”

Earlier this year, Adams released another protest song, “51st State,” timed for Canada Day, the nation’s birthday on July 1. That single release followed Trump making repeated taunts about Canada becoming a 51st U.S. state and launching a cross-border tariff war.

Known for timeless hits like ”Summer of ’69,” ”Heaven” and ”Everything I Do (I Do It for You)”, Vancouver-raised Adams has made a name in the global music scene with his love ballads and rock anthems. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011 alongside Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame.

His How’s It Goin’ album will be released Nov. 6 via BAD Records. On his website, Adams called the “Lake Ontario” song a response to those looking to rename a perennial cross-border body of water.

“Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever. This is a song for all the sane people on both shores who know that the current madness will pass, and that Lake Ontario will always be Lake Ontario,” he wrote.