Trump Tried to Take Canada's Water. What He Found Out Next Stopped Him Cold.

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40 million Americans, across 8 states from Minnesota to New York, drink water from the Great Lakes — the largest system of fresh surface water on Earth, holding 20% of the planet's drinkable surface water. And half of it belongs to Canada. For 116 years, the two countries have shared those lakes under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty — one of the most respected water agreements in the world. Its core rule: neither side can divert or touch the shared water without the other. The faucet was built with two handles, on purpose. Then Trump called Canadian water a "giant faucet" he could turn on to fix California's droughts. He reportedly told Canada the treaty that draws the border isn't even valid. He paused Columbia River water negotiations, disinvited Canadian mayors from a Great Lakes summit, and floated tearing up the agreements that govern Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. He thought the water was his to take. He had it backwards. There is no real faucet — piping lake w

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