President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada .

Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

United States and Canada are locked in a worsening trade dispute amid escalating rhetoric

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