The tribe invokes a 232-year-old treaty as Trump celebrates the proposed name change with bizarre AI memes
Seneca Nation's leader calls Trump's Lake Ontario to Lake America renaming "unpresidential," saying it violates the 1794 Canandaigua treaty.
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
The executive order directs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System, changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
Canada has rejected the new name of the lake, which straddles both countries, as their row deepens.
Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. One day after Trump inked an executive order on Thursday changing the name of the lake under the official U.S. government, Seneca called the move “unacceptable” and an act…
