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Wisconsin politicians joke about Lake Michigan name change

Wisconsin politicians made jokes out of President Trump’s executive order aiming to rename Lake Ontario, jesting about the renaming of Lake Michigan, another Great Lake. On Thursday, the president put his signature on an executive order formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid U.S.-Canadian trade tensions. “We’re going to be changing…

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Wisconsin politicians joke about Lake Michigan name change
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Filed under Politics · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Ontario (13), Trade (22), United States (75), Lake Michigan (none).

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