US President Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America”, amid escalating trade tensions with Canada .
However, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected US President’s move, saying it would be called Lake Ontario “then, now and always. The move comes after Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian products worth USD 20 billion following failed trade talks, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowing to match the tariffs.
“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” the US President said as he signed the order at the White House. “America is changing,” he said in a post on X, adding that Canadians know the lake should be called “Lake Ontario — then, now and always.
Earlier reporting noted: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is renaming Lake Ontario — a large body of water shared by the United States and Canada — “Lake America. Earlier reporting noted: Donald Trump changes Lake Ontario’s name to ‘Lake America’ amid tensions with Canada US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House (AP photo) The US president also hinted at possible changes to the names of oceans bordering the United States.
Trump’s executive order directs the US Department of the Interior to update references to the lake in the official geographical naming service within 30 days and ensure that the federal government refers to it as “Lake America.
Trump, who is facing low approval ratings amid the Iran war and economic difficulties at home, with crucial US midterm elections due in November, said he had been considering the name change “for a long time. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it, and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said.
Earlier reporting noted: “The lake change, Lake of America, was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually.
