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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Trump the renamer-in-chief keen to leave his mark – or his stain – on world

A poster map labels Lake Ontario
Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming Lake Ontario during an event in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Is it a key policy move which will “recognize the extraordinary contributions of the American people”? Or “real foolishness”?

Whatever the impact of Donald Trump unusual decision to retitle Lake Ontario as Lake America, days after Canada’s prime minister refused to be cowed by Trump’s punitive tariffs, it has certainly divided opinion – but perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

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