Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: ‘Let’s just call it Lake Natalie’

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Today's Top Stories - August 25, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 25, 2026

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Tuesday took a jab at President Trump over his threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid his trade war with Canada, saying the U.S. should “just call it Lake Natalie” after White House executive assistant Natalie Harp.

Dingell shared on the social platform X a screenshot of Trump’s threat written on Truth Social. The president said that the U.S. was “giving serious consideration” to changing the name of one of the Great Lakes.

“Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes,” she wrote.

The president’s threat mirrors his executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Other locations in the U.S. share the Canadian province’s name, including........

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