'It's childish': Americans in Canada react to Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
Americans living in Canada called the executive order embarrassing, and an Ipsos/Reuters poll found only 14% of U.S. respondents supported the renaming.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America," drawing criticism from Americans living in Canada who called the move embarrassing and "childish."
- The renaming follows escalating trade war tensions between the United States and Canada, where Trump has threatened Canadian sovereignty and mused about the country becoming the "51st state." Critics view such moves as distractions from domestic policy failures.
- Retired law professor Ben Davis noted Lake Ontario appears in the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty signed by President George Washington, while an Ipsos/Reuters poll found only 14 per cent of roughly 1,000 Americans surveyed supported the renaming.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney declared the lake remains Lake Ontario regardless of Trump's order, though resident Chris Palermo expressed disappointment that Google and Apple updated their maps for U.S. users.
- Some Americans living in Canada, including Chris Kubinski, have renounced their U.S. citizenship, citing "negative rhetoric" and annexation threats as reasons to "divorce" Trump's America despite finding acceptance in their new communities.
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‘It’s childish’: Americans in Canada react to Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario
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'It's childish': Americans in Canada react to Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
If you’re angered by U.S. President Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” chances are that an American living in your neighbourhood might be just as outraged — if not more.
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