Trump Signs Order to Rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' Amid Trade War with Canada
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came amid a trade war with Canada.
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Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as a slight after trade negotiations with Canada broke down.
BreitbartPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday, renaming Lake Ontario Lake America amid trade tensions with Canada.
NPR NewsPresident Trump is escalating his ongoing dispute with Canada over tariffs with a new executive order renaming Lake Ontario, which sits between New York and Canada, to Lake America.
PBS NewsHourWATCH: Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' The president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.
NBC NewsPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.”
USA TodayLake Ontario will soon be known as Lake America, at least in the United States, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to rename the body of water sitting between the United States and Canada.
The Guardian USDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America.
BBC NewsPublished US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
HuffPostThe “Lake America” name change may be Trump’s way of trolling Canada at a time when trade talks are at an impasse.
ABC NewsThe name change is "effective immediately," Trump said. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" "effective immediately." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
VoxWelcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump says he’s renaming Lake Ontario. Let’s talk about it.
The HillCarney: ‘Naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario’ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday rejected President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” explaining the history of the Great Lake’s indigenous name in a post on social media. “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’” Carney wrote…
New York TimesLake Ontario Didn’t Ask for Trump to Rename It There is a U.S.-led war in the Middle East and the midterm elections on the horizon, but President Trump’s latest priority seems to be “Making The Great Lakes Even Greater.”
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“Let’s just call it Lake Natalie, so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes,” Dingell quipped on X.
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Fox News"Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes," she wrote on X.
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"And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin. See, I can sign napkins that say things, too," Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, wrote on X alongside a video of himself writing "Lake Wisconsin" on a McDonald’s paper napkin and signing the bottom.
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HuffPost“And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin,” Evers joked alongside a link to an ABC News report on the “Lake America” announcement. “See, I can sign napkins that say things, too.”
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Republican Gov. of Vermont Phil Scott called the move "petty and disappointing."
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Fox NewsVermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, called Trump's move to rename the lake over the trade feud "petty and disappointing."
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The order then went into how the lake is a “tremendous asset” to the U.S. and detailed its extensive history as a key artery of U.S. trade and industry.
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Fox NewsThe order also cites the lake’s historic role in American trade, settlement, defense, commerce and energy, arguing it remains a major economic and strategic resource for the United States.
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“I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario. I mean, unless you’re suggesting we name Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin,” Tiffany told local news station WISN 12 at a campaign event on Thursday.
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USA Today"I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario," Tiffany said at a campaign event, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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01 Vox This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.
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02 Fox News A House Democrat's jab at one of President Donald Trump's most loyal aides prompted a firestorm on social media.
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03 USA Today Here's what to know about Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes, one of the world’s largest surface freshwater ecosystems.
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04 BBC News He said on Thursday the move was "official, effective immediately" and that his administration has "filed all the necessary papers, documents" to make the change.
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05 Washington Examiner Tiffany is running in the “toss-up” gubernatorial race against the Democratic candidate, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who defied much of the polling expectations in the Democratic primary to defeat socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong.
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07 HuffPost Shortly after Trump signed the order, Evers shared a short video of himself on X doodling on a napkin inside a McDonald’s restaurant.
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08 The Guardian US Both Canada and the United States are Nato members and have treaty obligations of mutual defense under the North Atlantic Treaty, the Ogdensburg Agreement and numerous other treaties.
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09 NPR News These tariffs are almost certain to raise the cost of goods for Americans, that are already high due to the war with Iran.
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10 Breitbart U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said, “Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week. Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada upended the careful balance reached in the past days. This is a missed opportunity for Canada to partner with the U.S.”
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