Lake America? Trump’s Canada Fight Moves To The Map | The Palki Sharma Show | India Global Review

Donald Trump is escalating his fight with Canada. It started as a trade war, and now it is spilling onto the map. The U.S. President has signed an executive order. It renames Lake Ontario as Lake America. And finally, I guess the purpose of this, more than anything else, is we're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America. That's going to take place right now as I sign the order. Do you have anything to say about it, Ben? Yes, sir. So this is a straightforward but important executive order. It directs Secretary Burgum and the Department of the Interior to update the Geographic Names Information Service to reflect that Lake once known as Lake Ontario will, from this day forward, be known as Lake America. So what is this latest row all about? Let me explain. There are five vast freshwater lakes in North America. They're called the Great Lakes. Lake Ontario is one of them. In fact, it's the smallest of the five Great Lakes. Canada and the U.S. share this lake. It sits between New York and Ontario. Ontario is a Canadian province. The lake has carried its name for more than 400 years. It was called Lake Ontario before the United States declared independence and before there was a Canada to argue with. Now, 400 years later, it is at the center of a trade fight. Trump has given several reasons for this change. He said, America spends money to keep the lake open and Canada does not. He also spoke about the lake's history and how it is, I'm quoting, how it's an asset to American exploration, settlement, commerce, and defense. Those are Donald Trump's words. And that's the official American line. But we all know what this is all about. The bitter trade war and the war of words that came with it. Last week, trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed. The U.S. imposed 50 percent tariffs on Canada. They impact Canadian imports worth $20 billion. Canada responded in kind. It announced dollar-for-dollar tariffs. But why did the talks break down? The U.S. blames Canada for the impasse. Trump has personally attacked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. He's called Carney, and I'm quoting, a weak and ineffective Prime Minister. Again, Trump's words. The Premier of Ontario shot back. There was a fair bit of name-calling. And finally, Trump pulled out the map and his favorite sharpie pen. So this is Lake Ontario in Canada and in the United States, but we're going to make a little change when we call it something different than Lake Ontario. We're going to call it Lake America. And all it takes is a good pen and some intelligence. So Lake Ontario, that's gone. Lake America. So now we have a lake, and now we have a gulf, because we have the Gulf of America, and now we have Lake America without the oak. Thank you very much, everybody. Enjoy Lake America. You know, it's serious when Donald Trump pulls out his thick, black marker. But Trump's sharpie doctrine has failed to change Canada's stance. Mark Carney responded like an adult. He released a simple post on X. This is what it says. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontario, which appropriately means the lake is beautiful, the lake is big. We know that America is changing. They're trading relationships. They're foreign policies. They're national monuments. They're hydronims. Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario then, now, and always. Carney has dug his heels in. He's playing the long game here, and I'll tell you why I say that. The U.S. is heading for midterm elections. They're scheduled for November. It's a crucial election for Donald Trump's party, the Republicans. They want to keep control of the U.S. Congress, which is basically the American parliament. They want to keep controlling it. This election will come down to a few key battleground races, and some of those races are in the state of Michigan, so the Republicans have to win there. Guess who Michigan shares its border with? Canada. Michigan has the second-longest border with Canada after Alaska. Their economic dependence on Canada is even more significant. Canada is Michigan's biggest export market. Last year, they exported goods worth over $21 billion. These were mostly vehicles and car parts. That is why locals in Michigan are spooked by this trade war. Let me show you the findings of a recent survey. Locals were asked if they backed Donald Trump's tariffs. Sixty-three percent of them voted no, and now Canada has imposed counter-tariffs. Some of them impact Michigan, too, like tariffs on steel and aluminum products. They're used in manufacturing car parts, so they could put the auto industry in the crosshairs. And it's not just Michigan. More than 700 products face Canada's tariffs, among them toilet paper. It is made in American factories, but from Canadian wood. Now, Canada has put a tariff on that wood, so when the material costs more, so does the product, and that's why they're using tariffs on wood. Let's take a look at Bernie's game plan. While Trump is escalating, Canada is taking targeted measures.