Lake AMERICA??? Trump’s Trade War With Canada Somehow Got Even DUMBER | Chuck Todd Politics

Chuck Todd reacts to Trump signing an executive order this morning renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" — directing the Interior Department to update federal geographic systems, and declaring it official "effective immediately" — as retaliation in a trade war that has now fully spiraled. Asked what message he was sending Canada, Trump claimed there was none, then immediately pivoted to complaining that Canada has been ripping America off. He argues this is peak on-brand lunacy from a president who already renamed the Gulf of Mexico, and that elected Republicans have to be quietly mortified. The problem isn't just the embarrassment: Canadian tourism to the U.S. has cratered, Trump has never once made a coherent public case for why a trade war with Canada was necessary, and he's now willing to damage the American economy over what looks like a personal grudge. Chuck points out that several key Senate battleground states are among Canada's closest trading partners, which means swing-state Republicans have every political incentive to speak up — and would likely benefit from doing it — but remain too afraid of Trump to say a word.

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