Lake Ontario to Be Renamed Lake America: Trump Order
Trump’s order would rename Lake Ontario as trade tensions with Canada deepen, while officials note a president has limited power over international waterways.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America," then joked he might rename the Gulf of America and eventually the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- This executive order followed the collapse of trade talks between the U.S. and Canada last weekend, prompting Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney to announce plans matching retaliatory tariffs dollar for dollar.
- Senator Susan Collins and Governor Phil Scott condemned the order, with Scott calling it "petty and disappointing," while Carney noted Lake Ontario's name honors the indigenous Wendat people near Quebec City.
- Democratic Senator Mark Kelly told Brianna Keilar that Trump "spends a lot of time on stupid things," expressing concern about damage through 2028 amid ongoing negotiations.
- Legal experts note a president has limited power to change international water names, meaning the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans remain unchanged despite Trump's suggestion he might rename them.
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By Aleena Fayaz, CNN In the midst of a growing trade war with one of America's closest allies, President Donald Trump took steps on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” further provoking Canada after the failure of trade negotiations. Trump's decree represents The Post Can Trump Change the Name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America”? appeared first on KVIA.
U.S. President Donald Trump hinted this Thursday that he is considering changing the name to the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean to name one of the two as “Ocean America.” To journalists’ questions about the new name of the lake shared by the U.S. and Canada, Trump recalled that he had already renamed ... Continue reading “After the Gulf and Lake: Trump now proposes to change the name of the Pacific Ocean to ‘Ocean America’” The post After the G…
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MS NOW’s Chris Hayes mocked President Donald Trump over an executive order renaming Lake Ontario, calling Trump “sad” and “deeply pathetic.” On Thursday, Trump held an Oval Office signing ceremony and signed an order directing the U.S. government to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on “executive department and agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications.” The move comes amid the ongoing trade war that Trump ha…
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