Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
Trump tied the proposed change to collapsing trade talks and new tariffs, saying the United States expects to do less business with Ontario.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social he is 'giving serious consideration' to renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid escalating trade tensions with Canada.
- The proposal follows the collapse of trade negotiations last week, which prompted the Trump administration to impose 50% tariffs on approximately $20 billion of Canadian goods starting August 22, 2026.
- Mirroring his January 20, 2025, executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America,' Trump's renaming strategy applies only to U.S. federal usage while remaining ignored internationally.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match U.S. duties 'dollar-for-dollar' beginning September 8, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford dismissed the lake renaming as 'a lot of rhetoric.'
- Economists warn this escalating trade war could destroy more than 90,000 Canadian jobs, as the tit-for-tat confrontation strains deeply integrated supply chains across the border.
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Our president wants to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. I know it’s not even a clever observation anymore, but let me observe anyway. He really does sound like Tony Soprano when he says things like “We don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer.” (Truth Social, Aug. 25). He’s used language […]
In a newly published video on the TikTok platform, Donald Trump is once again renaming a large area, which is not only within the borders of the United States. It is Lake Ontario that the president now wants to be called Lake America. Trump has previously demanded that the Gulf of Mexico be called the American Gulf from now on.
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