Trump renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' as Canada tensions escalate
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to use the name “Lake America” for Lake Ontario, stating the change would be immediate during his Thursday announcement.
Trump had floated the name change in a Truth Social post Tuesday, writing that the United States was giving “serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario because it did not expect to do much business with Ontario any longer.
The executive order makes the change official for U.S. federal use, following Trump’s previous move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in U.S. government materials.
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AI GeneratedThe speaker announces the immediate renaming of Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\" as part of a broader strategy to address trade imbalances and perceived unfair treatment by Canada. The discussion expands to include tariffs on Canadian imports, geopolitical tensions with Iran and China, the security of the Strait of Hormuz, and upcoming political activities in Texas.