Trump floats renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans after rebranding historic lake
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," then joked that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be next."As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it, and now it's very routinely the Gulf of America," Trump said."So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake.Now all we need is an ocean," he continued.
"So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific.Maybe we'll change them both."VANCE SAYS CANADA FRIENDLIER TO CHINA ON TRADE THAN TO US: 'INSANITY'Satellite image of the American Great Lakes : lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites., Great Lakes, Usa & Canada, True Colour Satellite Image (Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Trump declared the Lake Ontario change "official, effective immediately" while announcing the order."And finally, it's the purpose of this more than anything else is we're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately to Lake America," Trump said."That's going to take place right now as I signed the order."‘CAPTAIN CANADA’ FIREBRAND UNLOADS ON TRUMP WITH PROFANE ONE-LINER AS TRADE WAR ESCALATESPresident Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan.
30, 2025 (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The president said the administration had "filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else" and notified the relevant parties."So we've done everything that you have to do.And this is official, effective immediately," Trump said.CANADA REPORTEDLY SCRAPS JOINT BRIDGE CELEBRATION WITH US AFTER TRUMP RENEWS TARIFF THREATThe order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, working with the Board on Geographic Names, to take steps within 30 days to rename the lake in the federal Geographic Names Information System and r...