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Trump’s Lake America Fiasco | Calgary News
Donald Trump’s bizarre attempt to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” has sparked laughter, not outrage, in Kingston, Ontario. Mayor Bryan Paterson called it “utterly ridiculous,” noting the lake’s name—derived from a 400-year-old Wendat word meaning “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”—is deeply rooted in history and identity. Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed no name change for Canadians, while the Wendat Nation sees the move as an erasure of their heritage. Locals, who live, swim, and boat on the lake, view it as political theater—and they’re not buying into it. Paterson even…
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