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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis laughed off a proposal to name a lake after him, calling it the “easiest veto of my tenure,” as the nation’s geography debate heats up with moves to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” — a directive tied to President Trump. Florida’s Education Commissioner has already ordered schools to update materials, while Rep. Jimmy Patronis introduced the “Lake America Act” to formalize the change in federal law and maps. The trend echoes Trump’s earlier renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” and DeSantis himself approved a similar measure last year. With K-12 curricula now required to reflect these changes, the financial cost remains unknown — but the push for national pride through geography is clearly gaining momentum.

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