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Donald Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America: ‘Effective immediately!’
WATCH: Donald Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America
|REUTERS
It comes as the US and Canana remain locked in a bruising trade war
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Donald Trump has signed an executive order that renames Lake Ontario, which separates the United States and Canada, Lake America.
Announcing the move from the Oval Office, President Trump declared the name change was “effective immediately” amid renewed tensions with America’s northern neighbour.
The United States and Canada have been locked in a bitter trade war, with Mark Carney announcing that Ontario would match Washington by slapping 50 per cent tariffs on key exports.
Sitting at the Resolute Desk, President Trump signed the order under the banner ‘Making the Great Lakes even Greater’.
He said: “We filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else. We notified all the people we have to notify. So we've done everything that you have to do.
“This is official, effective immediately."
Addressing why he had issued the order, Mr Trump said: “We defend Canada for nothing; we don’t get anything. We love the people of Canada, but their representatives aren’t doing an appropriate job.”
Lake Ontario lies between the US state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario, from which it took its former name.
Both nations share control of the body of water and agreed to manage it jointly when they signed the Boundary Waters Treaty in 1909.
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