1 of 3 | A poster shows the name change from Lake Ontario to Lake America, as President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the renaming, amid a recent trade war with Canada, in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" after his dispute with Canada over tariffs last week.
Trump threatened to rename the lake Tuesday on Truth Social, saying, "The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer."
"We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America," the president said just before signing the order.
In the Oval Office, a reporter asked what message he was trying to send with the renaming.
