# Trump Renames Lake Ontario as Lake America, Says Canada Is Ripping Off the US

https://mins.news/en/video/34738

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-27 18:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P8q6Fs0v3Y

> President Donald Trump signed a directive making the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America effective immediately. Asked what message he was sending Canada, Trump said in the Oval Office that the country had been ripping the US off in trade for a long time.

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