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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

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Symbolic move to rename lake bordering New York and Canada comes amid escalating trade war with northern neighbor

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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America, amid his escalating trade war with Canada.

The order directs federal agencies to adopt the name-change on US maps, documents and databases. But Trump has no authority to rename Canada’s portion of the lake, nor to compel Canada, international legal bodies, international mapmakers, or the rest of the world to adopt a new name.

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