Dispute with Canada: Trump orders renaming of Lake Ontario to "Lake America"
Trump is annoyed with neighbouring country Canada and is pushing ahead with the customs dispute. Now he is setting a symbolic sign. It's about a lake.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America". The order, which takes effect immediately, instructs the US database of geographic places and names to change the lake's name. Trump cited that most of the lake's volume and deepest points are in the United States, and the new name is meant to reflect that it is an American lake.
The move comes amid an ongoing trade dispute between the US and Canada, which has escalated since trade talks between Washington and Ottawa failed late last week.
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