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Cleveland officials mock Trump with ‘extraordinary’ move: ‘Recognize our sovereignty’

A drone view of the bulk carrier Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin leaving the Welland Canal, which links Lake Ontario and Lake Erie entirely within the Canadian province of Ontario, and entering Lake Ontario, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

The Joke Is About Power, Not Lake Erie

A Resolution With No Illusions

Cleveland City Council voted 13–1 to rechristen Lake Erie the “Gulf of Cleveland,” a designation with no legal force and no enforcement mechanism…

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