# Donald Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

https://mins.news/en/video/34752

- Guardian News, 2026-08-27 18:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO601RwgGFE

> US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 27 August renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. The move came as a trade war with Canada intensified, after the US imposed tariffs on its northern neighbour.

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