How 'Lake America' is about culture, not just tariffs

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | Aug 28

The Trump campaign to name things in his image continued this week as he signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario Lake America. On today's show. Politico’s Ottawa bureau chief Nick Taylor-Vaisey talks about this and the escalation in President Trump's trade war with Canada.

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