Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’

The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.”

The move comes amid the president’s repeated threats and taunts that he would do so amid his escalating trade war with Canada.

“This is official, effective immediately,” Trump said after signing the order in the Oval Office.

The president said he’d “filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else” for the name change.

“We notified all of the various people that we have to notify. So we’ve done everything that you have to do, and this is official, effective immediately,” he said.