# Trump renames Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

https://mins.news/en/video/34827

- CNN, 2026-08-27 19:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGrWxr7FVPE

> President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Speaking beside maps of the Great Lakes, Trump said the change took effect immediately and that his staff had submitted the required paperwork. A White House aide claimed most of the lake’s volume and its deepest parts are in the United States.

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