The latest development in the trade war Trump started with Canada is an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. Google Maps has updated the name, though what you see depends on which country you are in, with only US users seeing Lake America. Apple Maps has so far stuck to the real name …
Lake Ontario is this year’s rerun of the Gulf of Mexico. Trump last year signed an executive order stating that the latter would be renamed to Gulf of America, and has now signed another saying that the smallest of the Great Lakes will be renamed Lake America.
Canada and most of the rest of the world has responded with amusement and mockery. Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a new billboard on the shoreline of the lake reading “Lake Ontario. Now and always.”
Google Maps has updated its naming, with the label depending on where you are based:
US users: Lake America
