Trump Announces Renaming of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' Amid Trade War with Canada
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President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada.
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Washington Times BusinessPresident Trump on Thursday ordered the Department of the Interior to update maps and databases to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, following through on his threat during a trade spat with Canada.
Financial TimesTrump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed ‘Lake America’ in new slight to Canada Body of water straddles border between the two countries
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Trump, who signed the order as he was sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, had a large sign behind him propped on a stand with a map of the Great Lakes. Over Lake Ontario, in big red letters, the map read “Lake America.”
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Washington Times BusinessMr. Trump made the change by signing an executive order in the Oval Office next to a giant poster that said, “Making the Great Lakes even greater.”
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“We’ve notified all the various people that you need to notify,” Mr. Trump said. “This is official, effective immediately.”
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FortuneTrump said as he was signing the order that he’d “notified all of the various people that we have to notify. So, we’ve done everything that you have to do.”
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has traded insults with Trump, said on X: “It’s Lake Ontario to Canadians and the rest of the world. Now and forever.”
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Washington Times BusinessOntario Premier Doug Ford cited Canadian commodities as leverage, accusing Trump of “putting out fake news” about the U.S. not needing Canada. He called potash used by U.S. farmers “one of the most powerful tools we have” and said Washington would have to turn to suppliers such as Russia if Canada redirected shipments.
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He also suggested his push to rename bodies of water may not be finished. “So, if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean,” Trump said. “So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them.”
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Washington Times Business“We have a gulf, and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean,” Mr. Trump said. “So maybe we’ll have to change the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”
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01 Fortune Canada responded to Trump’s import taxes this week by imposing retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.
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02 Washington Times Business Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes, is located between the state of New York and the Canadian province from which it takes its name. Cities such as Toronto and Rochester sit on the large body of water.
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03 Jacobin Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to withdraw his trade negotiating team from Washington last Friday was surprising and refreshing. Surprising because Carney clearly wanted a deal and has a record of conceding to Donald Trump again and again, to no effect, in hopes of securing one. Refreshing because the deal on offer would have been terrible for Canadian workers.
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