politics
Trump Signs Order to Rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' Amid Canada Trade War
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
TL;DR
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
- The renaming is a symbolic move amid deteriorating U.S.-Canada trade relations and new tariffs.
- Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, have stated they will not recognize the new name.
- This is Trump's second attempt to rename an international body of water for the U.S., following the "Gulf of America."
- Trump cited ongoing trade deficits and Canadian "ripping off" the U.S. as reasons for his actions.
- The U.S. and Canada have recently imposed retaliatory tariffs on each other's goods.
- Democratic critics, such as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, mocked the renaming by making their own symbolic name changes.