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President Trump’s rumored plan to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America sparked a wave of internet humor—especially after a lawyer in Sault Ste. Marie, Jeff Broadbent, pointed out there’s already a “Trump Lake” in Northern Ontario and invited folks to suggest new names for it. While the president’s move has zero legal backing and Broadbent called it “offensive and meaningless,” the joke landed with a mix of laughs and eye-rolls. The original name, “Ontari’io,” meaning “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,” dates back over 400 years—and while this whole saga may seem silly, it’s also a reminder of how names, power, and perception are constantly shifting.

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