2026年8月27日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普签署行政命令，将安大略湖更名为“Lake America”（美国湖）123。安大略湖是位于美加两国之间的五大湖之一，与加拿大安大略省同名，同时也是十多个美国州的最大单一出口目的地12。政府官员称，该湖的大部分体积和最深处位于美国领土内3。不过，此次更名仅更新美国地理命名系统，无法强制加拿大采用新名称1。
此举发生在美加贸易战升级及两国关系紧张之际123。美国上周末宣布对价值200亿美元的加拿大商品征收50%关税1。特朗普指责加拿大在贸易上长期占美国便宜，并称加拿大在贸易上“最糟糕”（the worst）13。他还表示美国为加拿大提供军事防御但未获报酬，而美加两国均为负有共同防御条约义务的北约成员3。特朗普在白宫椭圆形办公室表示：“加拿大官员对我们非常恶劣。他们是卑鄙的人。”2
特朗普在白宫表示，更改湖名是他思考了很久的事情，并提及此前将墨西哥湾更名的举动2。在第二任期首日（2025年1月），他曾签署行政命令试图将墨西哥湾更名为“美国湾”（Gulf of America）23。特朗普称：“如你所知，我们把墨西哥湾改了，现在它已经普遍被称为美国湾。”2 他进一步表示：“所以，如果你想想，我们有一个海湾和一个湖。现在我们需要的是一个海洋。所以，也许我们必须改变大西洋和/或太平洋的名字。也许我们会把两个都改了。”23
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, August 27, 2026, to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' within the United States 123. The renaming directive only updates the US geographic naming system and cannot compel Canada to adopt the new name 1. Lake Ontario is one of the Great Lakes situated between the US and Canada, and it shares its name with the Canadian province of Ontario 2. Administration officials stated that the majority of the lake's volume and its deepest point are located on US territory 3. Additionally, the lake serves as the largest single export destination for more than a dozen US states 1.
The executive order arrives amid an escalating trade war between the two neighboring countries 123. Last weekend, the US announced the imposition of 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods 1. Trump asserted that Canada has long taken advantage of the US in trade, describing the country as "the worst" 13. Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump stated, "The Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They're nasty people," 2. Furthermore, Trump claimed that the US provides military defense for Canada without being paid, even though both nations are NATO members bound by mutual defense treaty obligations 3.
Thursday's announcement recalls an executive order issued on the first day of Trump's second term in January 2025, which attempted to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" 23. Discussing the latest renaming effort, Trump said, "The lake change, 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," 2. He also hinted at future changes to other major bodies of water, stating, "So, if you think about it, we have a Gulf and we have a lake. Now all we need is an ocean. So, maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them both," 23.
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