President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is giving serious consideration to renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as trade tensions between the United States and Canada escalate. The move, flagged by Trump, comes amid an intensifying trade dispute and follows a pattern of unilateral action, reminiscent of his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America last year.
The President stated the U.S. is considering the name change “in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario,” signaling a potential economic consequence of the ongoing trade war. This rhetoric follows Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs. Ontario’s premier has publicly criticized Trump, labeling him a “dictator” and “the king of bankruptcies.”
Trump also accused Mark Carney of fabricating claims about French-language demands in trade talks, adding another layer to the escalating conflict. The US and Canada are locked in a trade dispute, with Canada expected to announce retaliatory measures after the Trump administration enacted its own tariffs.
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