US President Donald Trump posted a video of him crossing out Lake Ontario on a map and writing ‘Lake America’ instead.

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Al Jazeera center
US President Donald Trump posted a video of him crossing out Lake Ontario on a map and writing ‘Lake America’ instead.
Sky News center
Donald Trump has said he will rename Lake Ontario as ⁠Lake America in the US following the escalating trade war with Canada.
Fox News right
President Donald Trump signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' asserting the U.S. holds most of its volume as trade tensions with Canada escalate.
The Hill center
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America amid the U.S. trade war with Canada. “We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump told reporters before he signed an executive order renaming the body of water. Beside…
The Guardian left
Symbolic move to rename lake bordering New York and Canada comes amid escalating trade war with northern neighbor US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America. The largely symbolic move comes amid an escalating trade war with Canada. Continue reading...
Bloomberg News center
President Donald Trump announced he was moving to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating his clash with Canada after trade negotiations between the two nations collapsed. Read more: bloom.bg/4hYAOZw 📷: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
The Wall Street Journal right
President Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” a further escalation of the U.S.’s trade dispute with Canada.
The New York Times left
Trump Orders the Government to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Reuters
President Trump signed an ‌executive order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” a change he said would take effect immediately. A White House aide said the order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change reut.rs/4xkRbnX