Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed ‘Lake America’ as US-Canada trade war escalates
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States, as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada.
The Republican president signed an executive order that updated the lake’s name for the US geographic naming service.
Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.
The move is reminiscent of his move last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America’.” Trump, who signed the order as he...
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