US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

Amid a spiraling trade war with Canada, United States President Donald Trump says he is renaming a body of water shared between the two countries.At a Thursday news conference in the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order that changes the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The president told reporters the name change will take place “effective immediately”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America during Canada trade warlist 2 of 3Canada hits US with counter-tariffs on more than 700 productslist 3 of 3How far will the US-Canada trade war go?end of listWhen asked what message he was trying to send Canada with the renaming, Trump criticised the country’s trade relationship with US, claiming it “has been ripping us off for a long time”.“Well, they haven’t treated us well. The Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They’re nasty people,” Trump said.“So the lake change – the Lake of America – was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually.”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been embroiled in a renewed trade dispute with the US, dismissed the president’s order in a post on social media.“We...