Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America". According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the order was signed in the Oval Office with a map of the lake showing the new name stamped in red ink.

The renaming is part of an escalating trade war with Canada, Punch Nigeria and Mother Jones reported. Trump contends that the US spends more on the lake than Canada, with nearly $4 billion invested in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem over the last decade, Mother Jones said.

The change takes immediate effect, Ajel English reported. There is no information on how or if Canada has responded to the renaming.

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