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Letter: To save the Great Salt Lake, what if we gave Trump a stake in it?

(Bethany Baker  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Dry lake bed is seen for miles along the northern portion of The Great Salt Lake on Monday, July 13, 2026.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dry lake bed is seen for miles along the northern portion of The Great Salt Lake on Monday, July 13, 2026.

The Utah delegation should take a proposal to the Trump administration wherein we would receive sufficient funds to recover the lake in exchange for renaming it the Great Trump Salt Lake. Then surely Trump would want to ensure sufficient investment that the lake does not become a putrid stinking cesspool! Oh, wait…

Dan Cortsen, Sandy

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