Trump’s decree is only binding for the U.S. government and has no hold on foreign governments, international bodies, or private companies.

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

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