Donald Trump insists disputed island off Maine’s coast is US territory
The Trump administration is insisting that a small island off Maine’s coast belongs to the United States even though Canada has long claimed the barely inhabited spit of land for itself and operates a lighthouse there. That island, Machias Seal Island, is roughly 12 miles southeast of the Down East fishing harbor of Cutler and roughly the same distance southwest of Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada. It sits in a long-disputed 280-square-mile section of the Gulf of Maine known as the “gray zone” that has been getting renewed attention as rhetoric between the U.S. and Canada has heated up with Trump back in the White House. The gray zone has been increasingly prized by fishermen from both countries as lobster populations have grown there, and some Maine lobstermen are now pressing Trump to make progress in resolving the dispute in their favor. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 15:25
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