Trump moves to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America"

President Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America." Why it matters: The president is following through on his threat over the lake after U.S.-Canada trade negotiations collapsed. It is unclear whether Trump has the authority to rename a body of water shared between two nations, as he did last year when he signed a similar order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Go deeper: "Lake America": Trump turns Canada feud toward Lake Ontario This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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