# Trump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war

https://mins.news/en/video/34990

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-27 23:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnmxudm7dK8

> US President Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be called Lake America in US federal records as trade tensions with Canada intensify after negotiations collapsed. Canadian officials rejected the move, while Prime Minister Mark Carney defended the lake’s historic name. The order cannot bind Canada, private companies or US states.

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