Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" in the US, as his administration's trade dispute with neighbouring Canada intensifies.

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 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…