President Donald Trump says he’s renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada. Trump signed an executive order Thursday that updated the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service.
\n\nThe leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it shows a disrespect for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place. (AP Production by: Joseph B. Frederick)
\n\nPresident Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
\n\nPeople look out across Lake Ontario and the Toronto Skyline from the Toronto Harbour in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)
\n\nThe leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place.
\n\nSeneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca on Friday called for…
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