Trump renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ amid US-Canada trade war
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected US President's Donald Trump's move, saying it would be called Lake Ontario "then, now and always."
US President Donald Trump has announced that Lake Ontario will be renamed "Lake America" in response to growing trade disputes with Canada. The executive order changing the name was signed at the White House, according to AFP. Trump stated, "We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America."
However, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vehemently opposed the decision, asserting that the lake's name will remain "Lake Ontario 'then, now and always.'" Carney emphasized that the lake's name has existed for 400 years, predating both the United States and Canada, and is derived from an Indigenous term meaning "the lake is beautiful, the lake is big."
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