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Trump’s order to rebrand Lake Ontario as “Lake America” is less about cartography and more about confrontation. Coming days after trade talks collapsed and punishing tariffs kicked in on both sides of the border, the renaming reads like a taunt: a symbolic flex meant to sting Ottawa while thrilling parts of his base. Legally, it changes only how US agencies label maps and documents. Politically, it deepens a rift that already runs from steel and lumber to streaming platforms and the French language in Quebec.
