Clinton Draws 3 Million Views Criticizing Trump's 'Lake America' Rename Amid 50% Canada Tariffs
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Clinton Draws 3 Million Views Criticizing Trump's 'Lake America' Rename Amid 50% Canada Tariffs
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Hillary Clinton's "It's Lake Ontario" post drew more than 3 million views within hours after Trump ordered the Interior Department to rename the border lake "Lake America."
Trump tied the move to a worsening U.S.-Canada trade fight, saying Ottawa had long "ripped us off" as Washington imposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian wine, furniture and dairy.
Conservative figures and Republican officials quickly mocked Clinton on X, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized the name change; Hochul said New York "won't be calling it that."
The order extends Trump's use of geographic renaming as political messaging after he changed the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" in January 2025.