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 and borders the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.

According to reports, 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 three days of intensive negotiations.

This is not the first time Trump has renamed a body of water; according to the Jerusalem Post, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on January 20 last year. Trump has also made claims about Canada's tariffs on US farmers, stating they have been "ripping off the US for decades".

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