U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating his clash with Canada after trade negotiations between the two nations collapsed.
Trump on Thursday signed a directive changing the name of the lake and said the move would take place “effective immediately.” The president previewed the move in a social media post earlier this week. The order signed by Trump said the Interior Department had 30 days to change the name in federal databases and materials.
“Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump told reporters when asked what message he was sending to the U.S.’s northern neighbor. “They want to be treated like they’re a state, and so we just can’t do that anymore.”
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