President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to immediately rename Lake Ontario « Lake America. » The symbolic gesture comes amid a breakdown in trade talks between Washington and Ottawa that has led to new retaliatory tariffs and a rapidly deteriorating relationship between the two countries. Canadian officials have already stated they will not recognize the new name. The order directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change.
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