Trump directs federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" in the United States. The move comes amid an escalating trade dispute between the US and Canada. According to Gulf News, Trump signed the order at the White House, with a large sign behind him showing a map of the Great Lakes with "Lake America" written over Lake Ontario.

The name change only applies to the US geographic naming service and does not affect Canada. The trade dispute between the two countries has led to the imposition of tariffs on each other's goods, with Canada responding to US tariffs with retaliatory tariffs on American goods such as steel, dairy products, and farm equipment.

The renaming of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" was announced by Trump in the Oval Office, with some reports noting that he also referenced changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Brief written by urgent.news from NPR, Gulf News, Euronews, Dawn, The Korea Times — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.