Trump Threatens to Demolish Kennedy Center, Rename Lake Ontario as 50% Canada Tariffs Backfire
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Updated · CNN · Aug 25
Trump Threatens to Demolish Kennedy Center, Rename Lake Ontario as 50% Canada Tariffs Backfire
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 25
Summary
Court filings and a social media post on Tuesday showed Trump threatening to replace the Kennedy Center with an open-air amphitheater and to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America."
The twin threats followed two setbacks: judges have blocked his bid to rename or overhaul the Kennedy Center, and Canada has refused to yield in a trade fight that already includes 50% U.S. tariffs.
The Kennedy Center clash has already turned costly — ticket sales and donations have fallen, according to the Washington Post, and a court ordered Trump's name removed from the facade.
Canada vowed to match Trump's tariff moves dollar for dollar, making the lake-renaming taunt another flashpoint in a widening dispute over sovereignty, trade and Trump's use of symbolic branding.