# Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the US

https://mins.news/en/video/34802

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-27 19:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhDx6UtzVLY

> President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the United States while escalating his trade war with Canada. He signed an executive order Thursday directing the U.S. geographic naming service to update the lake’s name.

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