Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
Trump tied the proposal to a trade fight with Canada as the United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods, officials said.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts, and steel effective January 1, 2027, following a breakdown in trade negotiations over the weekend.
- Trump claimed "WE DON'T NEED CANADA," citing a $60 billion trade deficit and asserting that Canada relies on the U.S. for 95% of its business.
- Fact-Checkers found Canada's unemployment rate is 6.4%, not 10%, and about 97% of U.S. agricultural exports to Canada are tariff-free, contradicting Trump's core assertions.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney threatened to match tariffs "dollar for dollar" on U.S. goods, announcing Canada will begin discussions with the European Union this fall.
- Economic data reveals the U.S. and Canadian economies remain deeply intertwined; Canada supplies about 63% of U.S. crude oil imports and serves as the second-largest source of overall U.S. imports.
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“The United States is seriously considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as we do not expect to continue doing much business with Ontario,” said the president.
'Lake America': Tantrum-prone Donald Trump is renaming things again
Tantrum prone US president Donald Trump is threatening to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. It’s a repeat of his weird 2025 decision to rename The Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’. Trump is currently in the process of starting a trade war with Canada, a major ally and trading partner. These are classic […] By Joe Glenton
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to that of “Lake America”, in a new gesture of pressure to Canada in the midst of the escalation of the trade war between the two countries. The announcement comes after Ottawa responded with reprisal tariffs of between 15% and 50% to the 50 % taxes that Washington imposed on Saturday on about $20 billion in Canadian products, after the failure of tra…
‘Lake America’: Trump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario Amid Canada Tensions
A Canadian flag waving over Lake Ontario. —Erman Gunes—iStock/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada.“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.Later that mo…
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