Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
President Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America."
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
Mark Carney rejects attempt to rename lake as did several US governors, with Tony Evers mocking the moveUS politics live – latest updatesDonald 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. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump said he's making the change because “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade, very sadly.”
Canada has rejected the new name of the lake, which straddles both countries, as their row deepens.
The executive order directs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System, changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as a slight after trade negotiations with Canada broke down. The move was predictably polarizing, energizing Trump’s allies while being denounced by his critics at home and abroad, most of all in Canada. Here’s everything to know about Trump’s latest international renaming […]
President Trump signed documents Thursday ordering that Lake Ontario be renamed “Lake America” — as he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney escalate their tariffs-driven trade war.
Democrat Hillary Clinton apparently does not like that President Donald Trump, the man to whom she lost the 2016 presidential election, has renamed Lake Ontario. The post Democrat Hillary Clinton Fumes over President Trump Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America appeared first on Breitbart.