politics
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
TL;DR
- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
- The move is linked to a trade dispute with Canada, including new US tariffs on Canadian goods.
- Canadian officials have dismissed the name change, stating they will continue to call it Lake Ontario.
- Trump previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a change rejected by Mexico.
- The president suggested potential future name changes for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.