Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed 'Lake America'

President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that he intends to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. The order was signed at the White House, coming amidst a rapidly escalating trade conflict between the United States and Canada. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the 80-year-old Republican stated, "We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America."

Canada has expressed strong objections to the name change, describing the United States as "nasty people." This move echoes Trump's earlier decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in January 2025. The president has reportedly contemplated such changes for some time, noting, "As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it, and now it's very routinely the Gulf of America, so, if you think about it, we have a Gulf and we have a lake.

Now all we need is an ocean. So, maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them both."