Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to use the name “Lake America” for Lake Ontario, stating the change would be immediate during his Thursday announcement.

Trump had floated the name change in a Truth Social post Tuesday, writing that the United States was giving “serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario because it did not expect to do much business with Ontario any longer.

Full story: wgme.com/news/instagram/trump-lake-ontario-lake-america-executive-order-canada-trade-war-tariffs-name-change-great-lakes

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