India, Aug. 28 -- Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has issued an executive order calling for the Interior Department to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America." The move adds a symbolic aspect to an already tense relationship between Washington and Ottawa as the two North American countries are currently experiencing an escalating trade war. Lake Ontario is a shared water body between the two countries on their border. It borders New York state and Ontario province.

A New Name in an Old Dispute

Trump had earlier directed that the name of the Gulf of Mexico be changed into "America's Gulf." This naming policy of the Trump administration is similar to that followed now for Lake Ontario however, the context here is very impo...