President Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America." NBC News' Monica Alba reports on the order and if the president actually has the ability to rename the body of water internationally.
The US president signed order on Thursday amid growing trade war with Canada after the US enacted tariffs against its northern neighbor Continue reading...
The move is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat measures amid an all-out trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war.
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada .
President Donald Trump signed a directive renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America effective immediately. “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked what message he was sending to the US’s northern neighbor. (Source: Bloomberg)
The U.S. and Canada are in the midst of an ongoing trade dispute, with each country laying down harsh tariffs on the other.
President Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to rename Lake Ontario as his trade war with Canada continues.The president lambasted Canadian officials after they rejected a trade deal and responded with reciprocal tariffs to Trump's newest tariffs.'Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.'The president signed an executive order changing the lake's name to "Lake America" on Thursday."We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America," he said to reporters."We filed all of the necessary papers, documents, [and] everything else. We’ve notified all of the various people you have to notify," he added.The president previously changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" shortly after he retook office."If you think about it, we have a gulf, now we have a lake, now all we need is an ocean," Trump joked. "Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both."While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to match the president's rhetoric, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has fired back against the U.S. with excessive threats."He can kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned," said Ford. "We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He's arrogant, he's cocky."Ford has threatened to cut off electricity and minerals that Canada provides for the northern U.S. states."I’ll cut them off," he added. "You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario."RELATED: Trump says he will declare new US territory 'pretty soon' in the Middle East The lake encompasses 7,340 square miles but is the smallest of the Great Lakes.Canada is the second-largest trading partner to the U.S., behind Mexico in the top spot and ahead of China.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
President Donald Trump signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' asserting the U.S. holds most of its volume as trade tensions with Canada escalate.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as cross-border relations with Canada deteriorate amid trade negotiations. “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump said on Thursday from the White House. “Very sadly, even the military. You know, we defend Canada for […]