Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed Lake America

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America". The lake is shared by the United States and Canada. According to The National UAE, Trump said he had been thinking about the name change for a long time and suggested he may also rename the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The renaming comes amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada. The US recently imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, prompting Canada to respond with retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of American goods. Trump has been critical of Canada, suggesting it should be absorbed as the 51st state.

The name change is not recognised by Canada, and it remains to be seen whether other countries or international mapping services will adopt the new name. According to Gulf News, Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention. The National UAE reported that US tech companies, including Google, had previously updated their maps to reflect Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America".

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