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Lake America? Donald Trump Is a Victorian Cartographer

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Lake Ontario might be renamed if the president gets his way. It won't be the first time Trump has used the old imperial tool.

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  1. Just the News

    Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid tariff standoff with Canada (opens Just the News)

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    Trump announced Monday he would increase tariffs on an array of Canadian products to 50%, following the collapse of trade talks.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America' as trade war with Canada escalates (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    A person stands by a canoe resting on the calm water of Lake Ontario in front of the CN tower (Canadian National) and the Toronto skyline, viewed from Toronto Islands, Ontario, September 14, 2023.

  3. Newsweek

    Trump Says US Considering Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America (opens Newsweek)

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    Trump's remarks come amid a deepening cross-border trade feud that has increasingly centered on Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

  4. Digital Journal

    Canada to unveil response to Trump’s steep tariffs (opens Digital Journal)

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    Highlighting the animosity, Trump on Tuesday said he was considering renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America," as he did last year with the Gulf of Mexico.

  5. Newsweek

    Lake America? Donald Trump Is a Victorian Cartographer (opens Newsweek)

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    Lake Ontario might be renamed if the president gets his way. It won't be the first time Trump has used the old imperial tool.

  6. The New Republic

    Trump’s Fury at Canada Takes Unhinged Turn—and Backfires Badly for Him (opens The New Republic)

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    Donald Trump’s rage at Canada is growing more unhinged. He just posted a deranged threat to rename Lake Ontario with the phrase “Lake America.” But it gets worse: He also intimated that the U.S. won’t be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.

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