Move comes after trade talks between US and Canada collapsed last week

Such a change would be reminiscent of Trump’s unilateral action last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Trump threatened the renaming earlier this week amid a deepening trade war with Canada.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as relations with Canada deteriorate.

President Trump directed the US government to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. This move follows escalating trade disputes between Washington and Ottawa. The executive order…