The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place

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

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order today to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

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…

The change, he said, would take effect immediately.