# Video: Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

https://mins.news/en/item/34884

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-27 20:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/27/video-trump-signs-order-to-re-name-lake-ontario-as-lake-america?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. The Great Lake spans the Canada-US border, and the move comes as an escalating trade war strains relations between the two countries.

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