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Trump faces criticism in US, Canada after naming Lake Ontario, Lake America

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, on Saturday. (KEITO NEWMAN/ THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, on Saturday. (KEITO NEWMAN/ THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP)
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that Lake Ontario should now be called Lake America, extending his trade fight with Canada into the realm of maps. But leaders on both sides of the border have mocked the president for the move.

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