Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ with immediate effect
US President Donald Trump has escalated his increasingly bitter trade dispute with Canada by proposing that Lake Ontario be renamed “Lake America”, a move that echoes his earlier push to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
US President Donald Trump has proposed renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America". This move echoes his earlier suggestion to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, amid an increasingly tense trade dispute with Canada.
There is no information on whether the renaming has taken effect.
A separate executive order was signed by Trump on Wednesday, declaring a national emergency and banning the use of certain foreign equipment in the US electricity grid, citing national security vulnerabilities.
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