‘Lake America’ appeared on US maps days after Ontario’s premier told Trump to “kiss my ass”

US President Donald Trump has officially renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid an escalating trade war with Canada and Ontario – whose premier recently told him to “kiss my ass” and threatened to cut electricity supplies to the US.

“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America,” Trump declared in the Oval Office on Thursday before signing an executive order that requires federal agencies to use the new name on government maps, contracts, documents and communications.

The change was swiftly put into…

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