Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne stated that Russia's presence at the G20 meeting created a lot of discomfort around the table, not only from Canada but from a number of colleagues. ^[1] The United States invited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to attend the Tuesday meeting of G20 finance ministers in Asheville, N.C. ^[2] A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that roughly 63 percent of Americans oppose President Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America. ^[3] President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring that Lake Ontario, which straddles the border between the U.S. and Canada, would now be named Lake America. ^[4] Moscow remains a G20 member despite its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while the G7 expelled Russia from its ranks after the initial 2014 invasion and seizure of Crimea. ^[5] The United States did not allow South Africa to attend Tuesday's meeting because U.S. President Donald Trump accused the country of pursuing a genocide against white people, a claim no major human-rights organizations has said is accurate. ^[6] Late last month, the U.S. imposed a 50 percent tariff on about $20 billion of Canadian imports, souring relations between the longtime trade partners. ^[7] Only 14 percent of Americans polled supported the name change, while the rest either had no opinion or did not answer the question. ^[8]