New Yorkers react to Trump renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’
The Federalist elections correspondent Brianna Lyman speaks with New Yorkers about President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ and shares their responses. Lyman also discusses the Clinton Foundation’s internship postings calling for ‘high discretion’ and an incident at a Wisconsin youth football game where a parent allegedly tripped a player on ‘Hannity.’
A Canadian fan attending Team USA’s game at the FIBA World Cup on Friday has taken aim at President Donald Trump.
The fan brought a sign to the game that expressed her apparent displeasure with Trump’s recent executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.
On one side of the sign, the fan wrote, “Lake America?” in blue marker. The fan then turned the sign around to express her disdain, writing “Lake Ontario!!” in red marker.
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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America amid a trade war with Canada. (AP)
Trump’s executive order to rename the Great Lake comes amid a trade war with Canada.
“The Lake of America was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually. 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 in the Oval Office last month.
The executive order called the United States the greatest protector of the Great Lakes.
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“Making the Great Lakes Even Greater” signage is displayed during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. President Trump announced he was moving to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating his clash with Canada after trade negotiations between the two nations collapsed. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today.”
Trump directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the department to reflect the name change in the Geographic Names Information System. While the name change may be embraced in the United States, it clearly is not resonating north of the border.
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Caitlin Clark of the USA Women’s National Team dribbles the ball during a game against China at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 on Sept. 4, 2026, at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
While the Canadian fan expressed her displeasure with the name change, she did get to see the United States open the FIBA Women’s World Cup with a dominant win over China.
The United States won 94-61, with Caitlin Clark recording a double-double in her senior international debut with 14 points and 11 assists in 25 minutes off the bench. Paige Bueckers and Rhyne Howard also had 14 points apiece the win for the United States.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
