Summer might have come to end, but Donald Trump's stunts certainly haven't.

Apparently renaming the Gulf of Mexico wasn't enough controversy as the US president has since changed Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America' - what's more he's even suggested he may look to change the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean next.

The Lake Ontario name change has been met with backlash, especially after with podcaster Joe Rogan calling it a "distraction” from real issues such as the Iran war (yes, really), while author Stephen King responded to Trump, “Also f*** your Lake America. This is Twitter and that lake is Ontario," and YouTuber David Pakman noted, “Sir, the people want healthcare. Not this crap”. 

Meanwhile, Google and Apple have come under fire for their decision to honour the rebrand.

When he's not renaming bodies of water, the 80-year-old has been taking to Truth Social, sharing an illustration of him arm in arm with Parton walking around the White House in what can only be described as AI slop and was slammed as “disgusting” by one social media user.

The AI slop continued when Trump shared a bizarre AI-generated video of gun-toting Canada geese sporting Trump’s familiar hairstyle, and marching in Lake America to the “Hawaii Five-O” theme tune.

Trump also decided to rank numerous US presidents – including himself – in a tier list shared to his Truth Social. In what is an absolute surprise to no one, Joe Biden and Barack Obama are listed as “failures”, and only one president is labelled “the greatest”: himself. Shocker.

Elsewhere, the president has been mocked online after making a phone call to astronauts onboard the International Space Station as critics noted how he picked up the phone in such a strange way.

Just your average week...

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Influencer Madeleine White has said she's "absolutely broken" after her dog which she left with a trainer passed away during a heat wave.

The 30-year-old and her DJ husband Andrew Fedyk took to social media to share the devastating news that their Bernese mountain dog, Dunkin, has died.

"I don't even have the words to express how I'm feeling or where to begin," the social media creator wrote in an Instagram Story to her 2.2 million followers.

White explained how she and Fedyk "did what we thought was best for our family" and left the two dogs for "some basic leash training while we're out of town."

Within 48 hours we received a call that our best friend had been training in the park and in an EXTREME heat wave? Was being transported to a dog boarding facility we never approved of? and passed away from heat exhaustion somewhere along the away."

White claimed that Dunkin was "never even taken to a vet," and she and Fedyk were "called hours later."

"Please never leave your dog with this company," and then concluded, "We are absolutely broken."

At the time of writing, the Instagram account White mentioned in her post is unavailable.

Indy100 has reached out to the dog training company for comment.

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Tucker Carlson wants Donald Trump out of office - a sentence nobody predicted a year or two ago.

Despite previously being a close ally of the president’s, Carlson has been outspoken in his criticism of Trump over recent times. The former Fox News host endorsed Trump for president ahead of the 2024 election.

However, this year Carlson has said he feels “tormented” after helping him become president. He has also previously criticised Trump over the Iran War, saying the president is “not good at this” and “not a dealmaker”.

Now, Carlson has spoken about Trump and claimed that if he is considering using nuclear weapons first he should be removed from office.

Trump has not said publicly that he is considering using nuclear weapons.

Speaking on his podcast, Carlson said: “The second any president actively considers the first use of nuclear weapons, that person should be removed from office immediately, because that’s got to be the red line, destroying all of humanity with a nuclear strike.”

He added: “Why isn’t there an attempt to remove him from office, like, immediately? Anyone who would even tolerate that kind of talk from any of his subordinates or employees is by definition unfit.”

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Rockstar Games revealed lots of GTA 6 gameplay and details in its 27-minute extended look, which has gone down incredibly well online.

The lengthy reveal showed Jason and Lucia's burgeoning relationship, some of the missions players will be able to enjoy, and a handful of the activities players can experience in the open world too.

The extended look debuted on Netflix before being uploaded to Rockstar's website and YouTube channel, where it can be viewed for free - and even downloaded - six hours later.

Tech experts at Digital Foundry have been left absolutely stunned at GTA 6's extended look, saying it's "perhaps the most impressive showcase we've ever seen in real-time rendering".

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