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Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed ‘Lake America’ in the US, amid trade war with Canada
South China Morning Post · north america
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States, as he escalated his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the US geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however. Trump has been floating the idea of the name change in recent days as the US announced it was imposing...
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