08/31/2026
Trump's Campaign to Rename the World: Lake Ontario Becomes 'Lake America'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario — a name in use for more than 400 years - as 'Lake America' within U.S. federal geographic databases on August 27, dropping hints that his next target could be an ocean. The move follows his January 2025 order rebranding the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America.'
It appears Trump cannot abide a world in which not everything bears the name 'America.'