White House confuses DC’s location on US map trying to rename Lake Ontario

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump stated the U.S. government is giving serious consideration to renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid rising trade tensions with Canada. The White House released a Lego-inspired U.S. map promoting the name change, which drew online mockery for mistakenly placing Washington, D.C., in North Carolina. The rebrand proposal comes after the U.S. imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods, prompting retaliatory tariffs from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ontario Premier Doug Ford denounced Trump as a bully and dictator after Trump insulted him on Truth Social and told him to fall in line. Bilateral relations between the two allies have severely deteriorated due to trade disputes and Trump's repeated suggestions that Canada should become the 51st state. In fullWhite House brags about ‘Lake America’ by sharing US map that puts DC in the middle of North CarolinaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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