Trump Orders Americans to Call Lake Ontario Lake America

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:27:23 GMT

President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on a threat to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” issuing an executive order to “Make the Great Lakes Even Greater” amid a collapsed trade deal with Canada, further escalating tensions between the two former allies. The lake in question has been known as Lake Ontario since the […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: Trump conceded his economic strategy is floundering with beef move: GOP strategist — www.rawstory.com
Left: Canada’s Carney responds to Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ — www.nbcnews.com
Left: Wisconsin politicians joke about Lake Michigan name change — thehill.com
Center-Left: Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America — www.nytimes.com
Right: Trump moves to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" — www.axios.com
Right: Trump renames Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' in jab at Canada over trade war — www.theblaze.com
Right: Scoop: Democrats plan bill to counter Trump order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" — www.axios.com
Right: Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating Canada feud — www.washingtonpost.com

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