Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, a change he said would take effect immediately. The order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, bordering the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.

According to The Korea Times and The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Mark Carney's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trade talks between the US and Canada had collapsed the previous week, with each side blaming the other for derailing negotiations. Trump had claimed in social media posts that Canada had been "ripping off the US for decades".

This is not the first time Trump has renamed a body of water; IOL and The Jerusalem Post reported that he had previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, though RTE News and The Korea Times did not carry this detail. The Jerusalem Post dated the Gulf of Mexico renaming to January 2025, while IOL did not provide a date.

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