Can Trump really rename Lake Ontario, ‘Lake America’? - Al Jazeera
President Trump has signed an executive order attempting to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid trade tensions with Canada. Experts criticize the move as a neocolonial attempt to erase Indigenous history and culture.
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The move highlights the intersection of geopolitical trade disputes and the symbolic use of geography to assert nationalist ideologies.
Amid tariff war with Canada, Trump has signed an executive order renaming the shared lake.
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United States President Donald Trump’s war on geography has opened up a new front – this time on the Canadian border.
Amid escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa, Trump said he would rename the large body of water shared between the US and its northern neighbour.
We break down what Trump has announced, whether he can actually rename this particular body of water, and whether the rest of the world will have to use the new name.
During a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Trump signed an executive order that changes the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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