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Trump’s latest stunt—proposing to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America”—isn’t just a quirky tweet; it’s part of his pattern of using symbolic name changes to make political points, echoing his Gulf of Mexico gambit. Canada’s response? Chill. They’re focused on economic pragmatism and U.S. ties, not social media sparring. But can he actually pull it off? Technically, yes—he could issue an executive order to rename it in U.S. government docs. But since Lake Ontario is an international waterway governed by joint commissions, other countries aren’t bound to follow suit. And while executive orders give presidents power, they’re not law—they can be overturned by Congress or the courts, making this move more theater than treaty.

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