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Trump’s ‘renaming’ of Lake Ontario is emblematic of centuries of colonial erasure

The ongoing economic spat between Canada and the United States took a strange turn after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order “renaming” Lake Ontario as Lake America.

The Conversation · Aug 28

Trump may have rebranded it as Lake America but US residents can’t stop googling its old name

The executive action comes as trade negotiations between Washington and Ottawa collapse, prompting 50 percent US tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Mike Rogers has a chance to flip Michigan. Trump keeps getting in the way

ANALYSIS: Mike Rogers wants to create permission for Democrats to pick him over Abdul El-Sayed, Eric Garcia writes. Trump’s tariffs and lake renaming hurts those opportunities

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Legendary NFL broadcaster pokes fun at Trump’s ‘Lake America’ change as he calls game from stadium on Great Lake

Al Michaels’ broadcast partner, Kirk Herbstreit, appeared to stay out of the joke

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Trump branded ‘deeply pathetic’ after taking Sharpie to map to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’

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The Independent UK · Aug 28

News anchor blasts ‘deeply pathetic’ Trump over ‘Lake America’ stunt in Canada fight: ‘You Sad Weirdo’

‘Lake America? Lake America? You sad weirdo, NSNOW’s Chris Hayes says. ;Nobody wants this. You know what they want? They want cheaper gas’

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Donald Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’, teases renaming Atlantic and Pacific oceans next

"Now, all we need is an ocean"

We Got This Covered · Aug 28

Why is Lake Ontario called Lake Ontario? The centuries-old history behind its name that Trump's ‘Lake America’ renaming move cannot erase

Lake Ontario News: United States President Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America, a move that Canadian officials have rejected. The name Ontario is believed to have Indigenous roots and is derived from an Iroquois word meaning “sparkling water”. Indigenous place names carry significant historical and…

The Economic Times · Aug 28

Trump Renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' as Canada Rejects Controversial Name Change

Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America', prompting rejection from Canada and highlighting tensions between the two countries over trade and national identity

International Business Times UK · Aug 28

'Name dates back 400 years': Canada's Carney rejects Trump's 'Lake Ontario' name change to 'Lake America'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (local time) rejected US President Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, declaring that the iconic water body would remain known as Lake Ontario “today and forever.”

The Times of India · Aug 28