# Trump declares Lake Ontario will now be called “Lake America”

https://mins.news/en/video/35736

- CBS News, 2026-08-28 13:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oumu7tORRE

> President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid a trade dispute with Canada. The move echoes his earlier decision, during a dispute with Mexico, to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

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