Trump Renames Lake Ontario; Ford Mocks It as 'SNL' Skit
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- President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the renaming resembled 'something out of Saturday Night Live' in a Sunday interview
- Ford also slammed Trump's trade war with Canada during the same appearance
- The trade war includes a 50 percent tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, per the source
Why it matters: Ford's mockery escalates the rhetorical stakes of a tariff dispute that already hits $20 billion in Canadian goods at 50 percent — the lake renaming is symbolic, but the tariff is the material pressure point in US-Canada relations right now.
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