Trump renames Lake Ontario in trade war with Canada

‘Lake America’ appeared on US maps days after Ontario’s premier told Trump to “kiss my ass” US President Donald Trump has officially renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid an escalating trade war with Canada and Ontario – whose premier recently told him to “kiss my ass” and threatened to cut electricity supplies to the US.“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America,” Trump declared in the Oval Office on Thursday before signing an executive order that requires federal agencies to use the new name on government maps, contracts, documents and communications.The change was swiftly put into effect, with Trump sharing a letter from the US Geological Survey confirming that the federal Geographic Names Information System had already been updated.The renaming caps a bitter week in which the trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa rapidly descended into personal insults and threats. The confrontation erupted after negotiations collapsed and Washington imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. On Monday morning, Trump threatened to further raise tariffs on Canadian cars, auto parts and steel to 50% from January...