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Trump renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ in executive order amid tariffs, trade war with Canada
visibility comment0 event August 27, 2026 timer 14:57
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America after threatening the action for days amid his rapidly escalating trade war with Canada.
Trump’s order, which he signed in the Oval Office on Aug. 27, directs the Department of Interior and U.S. Board on Geographic Names to formalize the change within 20 days. As he signed the order, Trump compared it to his previous move to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
"If you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake, now all we need is an ocean," Trump said. "So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific."
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