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US-CANADA: Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

US-CANADA: Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
France 24
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 27 to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' effective immediately. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the move on X, declaring the Great Lake's name would remain unchanged 'now and always.'

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 27 to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America', a change he said would take effect immediately. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took to X, writing the Great Lake's name will remain 'now and always'. The order comes after US-Canada trade talks collapsed last week, prompting the two longtime allies to announce tit-for-tat tariffs

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Source: France 24

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