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Mayors Reject Trump’s Lake Ontario Renaming

Updated 2026-09-02 23:10 UTC 1 source Negative

Mayors on both sides of the political aisle are rejecting President Donald Trump's move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America ahead of the midterms.

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These mayors live along Lake America’s shores. But they won’t be calling it that.

After President Donald Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America last week, mayors on both sides of the political aisle are rejecting the new name ahead of the midterms.

2026-09-02 23:00 UTC