Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
The move is the latest in the ongoing rift between the US and Canada. The US president has also tried to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" in the past.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, amid a deteriorating relationship with Canada. The Great Lake lies between the United States and Canada, sharing its name with the Canadian province of Ontario. Canadian officials have expressed their displeasure, with Prime Minister Mark Carney stating that the lake will always be called Lake Ontario, a name that predates both Canada's Confederation and the United States' Declaration of Independence. The renaming comes after a series of trade disputes and tariffs between the two nations.
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