Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford quickly denounced Trump’s move and said Lake Ontario’s name was here to stay.
By
Nia Prater,
Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics
President Trump signing the executive order in the Oval Office on August 27.
On Thursday, President Trump made good on perhaps the silliest threat he has directed toward Canada amid the burgeoning trade war, signing an executive order to change Lake Ontario’s name to “Lake America.”
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