Trump Directs Federal Government to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America President Donald Trump has issued an executive directive to rename Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes on the border between the United States and Canada, to Lake America.
This move is seen as a continuation of Trump's efforts to rebrand American institutions and geography with his own name or nationalistic themes.
Historical precedents suggest that renaming lakes, rivers, and geographical features is not a new phenomenon in the United States.