Can Trump rename Lake Ontario....NO

Trump has wide latitude over how the US government refers to geographic landmarks, but he can’t force other countries to follow suit. “‘Lake of America’ was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office, flanked by a map titled “Making the Great Lakes Even Greater.” “We have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean. So, maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.” “Any reference to that Great Lake will change, but other than that it has no effect. Certainly not on Canada and the rest of the world.”

Lake Ontario is jointly controlled by Canada and the United States, per the Boundary Waters Treaty, enacted in the early 20th century to prevent and settle disputes over the use of the shared waters. Lake Ontario, which borders New York state and the Canadian province of Ontario, was first named by Canada’s indigenous population who lived around the body of water, according to Naftali. It’s been called Lake Ontario since the 17th Century. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on social media Thursday that the name is more than 400 years old, predating the founding of both the US and Canada. “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’” he wrote.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has been outspoken against Trump’s tariffs threats, echoed Carney in his own post: “It’s Lake Ontario to Canadians and the rest of the world. Now and forever.“You know to play the same game, Canada could rename Lake Superior, ‘Lake Obama,’ and I think that would go over really well in the White House,” Naftali said.

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