By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-27 17:41:06 | Updated at 2026-09-12 18:08:13
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WASHINGTON — President Trump signed documents Thursday ordering that Lake Ontario be renamed “Lake America” — as he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney escalate their tariffs-driven trade war.
“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America after signing it at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, August 27, 2026. (Evan Vucci) REUTERS
The White House released a map of the new Great Lakes names. The White House / X“We filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else. We notified all of the various people that we have to notify. So we’ve done everything that you have to do, and this is official, effective immediately.”
Trump said that “the Canadian officials have created this very badly. They’re nasty people. They charge our farmers 400% tariffs.”
Trump previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” last year.
“If you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific,” Trump said Thursday.
