The trade war President Trump started with Canada seems to be preoccupying him far more than the actual war he started in Iran. That was apparent on Thursday, when he made good on perhaps the silliest threat he has directed toward American’s onetime close ally. As reporters looked on in the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order to change Lake Ontario’s name to “Lake America” with the new name displayed on a map behind him.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Lake Ontario is renamed to LAKE AMERICA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZFww8PexiW— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 27, 2026

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Lake Ontario is renamed to LAKE AMERICA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZFww8PexiW

The executive order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, in conjunction with the Board on Geographic Names, to “take all appropriate actions” to officially rename Lake Ontario, including updating the Geographic Names Information System to remove all references to its original name and swap it to “Lake America.” Under........

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