Will Trump rename Lake Ontario "Lake America"?

Resolution criteria

This market resolves to YES if, by the end of Donald Trump's second presidential term (scheduled for January 20, 2029), he signs an executive order, presidential proclamation, or other official presidential directive instructing U.S. federal agencies to rename or officially refer to "Lake Ontario" (or the U.S. portion of the lake) as "Lake America".

This market resolves to NO if his presidential term ends without such an official directive being signed.

Resolution Details & Sources:

• Only official executive actions published by the White House (such as on whitehouse.gov) or documented in the Federal Register will satisfy a YES resolution.

• Social media posts (e.g., on Truth Social), verbal statements, press conference remarks, or unofficial proposals will not suffice for a YES resolution unless followed by an official directive.

• If the officially designated name is a minor variation (such as "The American Lake" or "Lake of America"), the market will still resolve to YES.

Background

On August 25, 2026, amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada—including the imposition of 50% tariffs on Canadian auto and steel imports—President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. is giving "serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America".

This follows a precedent set early in his second term: on January 20, 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14172 ("Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness"), which directed federal agencies to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" and Denali as "Mount McKinley". While the U.S. cannot unilaterally rename a bi-national body of water internationally, it can mandate nomenclature changes within U.S. federal agencies.

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