Trump eyes changing Lake Ontario name amid trade war with Canada

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White House Headlines - August 25, 2026

White House Headlines - August 25, 2026

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada.

“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer,” Trump wrote in post on Truth Social.

It would not be the first time the president has renamed a body of water bordering the U.S.........

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