By Elissa Mendes The name of one of the Great Lakes has become the latest target of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire after trade talks with Canada broke down less than a week ago. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move came two days after he said on his social media platform Truth Social he was “giving serious consideration” to the idea. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Trump exchanged personal insults over the tariff war earlier in the week. Here’s some more background about Trump’s penchant for geographic name changes. WHY DOES TRUMP WANT TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO? The threat to rename the Great Lake that borders Ontario and New York came right after Ford and Trump targeted…
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