Trump Administration Orders Name Change for Lake Ontario Amid Trade War Tensions
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His remarks come hours after Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid the Trump administration’s escalating trade war with Canada.
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Fox News"And finally, it's the purpose of this more than anything else is we're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately to Lake America," Trump said. "That's going to take place right now as I signed the order."
USA TodayPresident Donald Trump's move to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" is making waves far beyond the Great Lakes, adding a new flashpoint to an increasingly bitter U.S.-Canada feud.
NPR NewsPresident Trump is escalating his ongoing dispute with Canada over tariffs with a new executive order renaming Lake Ontario, which sits between New York and Canada, to Lake America.
PBS NewsHourWATCH: Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' The president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.
NBC NewsPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.”
The Guardian USDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America.
BBC NewsPublished US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
HuffPostDonald Trump went ahead and declared that Lake Ontario should henceforth be known as “Lake America” on Thursday, and people on social media treated it with the seriousness it deserved ― not!
ABC NewsThe name change is "effective immediately," Trump said. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" "effective immediately." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
BreitbartIn a recent video, Trump showed a map of Lake Ontario, noting it was in Canada and the United States “but we’re gonna make a little change” and said it would now be called Lake America:
The Daily WireIn response, Trump declared he was going to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake Screw You, Canada, whereupon the Canadians broke down and said that if we would just continue to name the lake after them, they would do anything we wanted, so we told them to stop talking with those stupid accents, because it’s just annoying. The deal should be finalized as soon as the White House can find someone who speaks French.
VoxWelcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump says he’s renaming Lake Ontario. Let’s talk about it.
The HillCarney: ‘Naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario’ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday rejected President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” explaining the history of the Great Lake’s indigenous name in a post on social media. “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’” Carney wrote…
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“Let’s just call it Lake Natalie, so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes,” Dingell quipped on X.
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Fox News"Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes," she wrote on X.
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"And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin. See, I can sign napkins that say things, too," Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, wrote on X alongside a video of himself writing "Lake Wisconsin" on a McDonald’s paper napkin and signing the bottom.
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HuffPost“And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin,” Evers joked alongside a link to an ABC News report on the “Lake America” announcement. “See, I can sign napkins that say things, too.”
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Republican Gov. of Vermont Phil Scott called the move "petty and disappointing."
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Fox NewsVermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, called Trump's move to rename the lake over the trade feud "petty and disappointing."
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“I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario. I mean, unless you’re suggesting we name Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin,” Tiffany told local news station WISN 12 at a campaign event on Thursday.
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USA Today"I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario," Tiffany said at a campaign event, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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In another post, MapQuest reiterated it was not changing Lake Ontario’s name and shared a link to a page where users could name the lake what they wanted.
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USA Today"We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure," the company posted on X.
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Where is Lake Ontario? The smallest of the five Great Lakes, by surface area, Lake Ontario sits on the border between the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and New York to the south.
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Breitbart“Lakes are often described by their volume—the amount of water they contain—and their surface area—the space covered by water from all shores. Like other Great Lakes, Lake Ontario’s size is measured by both its volume and surface area. It is the smallest of the lakes by surface area and the second smallest by volume. Globally, Lake Ontario ranks as the fourteenth largest lake by surface area,” the site continued.
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01 Fox News A House Democrat's jab at one of President Donald Trump's most loyal aides prompted a firestorm on social media.
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02 Washington Examiner Tiffany is running in the “toss-up” gubernatorial race against the Democratic candidate, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who defied much of the polling expectations in the Democratic primary to defeat socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong.
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03 NBC News Now Playing Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed ‘Lake America’ 01:25 UP NEXT Americans missing in deadly flood disaster 02:08 Patient battles insurance over coverage for tumor removal 03:28 Jury deliberates in Lindsay Clancy murder trial 02:20 Marine One communication breakdown 02:17 New hearing in Idaho college murders case 01:29 FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer treatment 00:55 American tourists among hundreds missing after deadly floods in Nepal 01:43 Tim Curry, star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80 01:39 New details on Dolly Parton’s death as tributes pour in 02:20 Bodycam video released from arrest of 49ers owner in prostitution sting 01:29 Meta to pay $18 billion to settle child harm lawsuit 01:53 Hundreds evacuated as Texas wildfire explodes 02:02 Hero lifeguard rushes in to save own family 01:15 Police rush into Uber to chase fleeing suspect 01:36 49ers Owner Arrested in Prostitution Sting 01:47 Mystery unfolding underground in New York City 01:19 People in Gary, Indiana without power for 13 days 01:52 In win for Trump, Supreme Court backs restrictions on mail-in ballots 02:12 Ten of thousands evacuated from Nevada wildfire 02:10
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04 USA Today Within hours of Trump's Aug. 27 executive order, politicians, celebrities, brands and social media users on both sides of the border weighed in, turning the 400-year-old lake into one of the internet's hottest debates.
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05 The Guardian US Both Canada and the United States are Nato members and have treaty obligations of mutual defense under the North Atlantic Treaty, the Ogdensburg Agreement and numerous other treaties.
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06 BBC News He said on Thursday the move was "official, effective immediately" and that his administration has "filed all the necessary papers, documents" to make the change.
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07 NPR News These tariffs are almost certain to raise the cost of goods for Americans, that are already high due to the war with Iran.
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08 Breitbart Social media users were quick to share their thoughts on it the post, one person writing, “You guys are still around?” while another commenter wrote “Bruh I thought you guys died in like 2006.”
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09 Vox This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.
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10 HuffPost Shortly after Trump signed the order, Evers shared a short video of himself on X doodling on a napkin inside a McDonald’s restaurant.
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11 The Daily Wire Let’s begin with the war. This week, the administration announced it was going to unleash financial hell on our enemies by cutting them off from every possible source of income. Then, if that works in Canada, we might try it in Iran as well.
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