United States President, Donald Trump. Photo: AFP
US President Donald Trump stepped up an escalating feud with Canada on Thursday, ordering that Lake Ontario – a body of water shared by both countries—be renamed “Lake America.”
Trump signed an executive order on the name change at the White House, further trolling Canada as the North American neighbours plunge deeper into a trade war.
“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Behind Trump’s desk were two maps of the US-Canada border — one with the words “Lake America” in red over the lake, and the other with the header “Making the Great Lakes Even Greater.”
