Trump suggests renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America: Can POTUS change its name? What to know amid Gulf of America label

Trump suggests renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid trade tensions with Canada. While he can influence US federal names.

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Trump says 'maybe I wasn't' kidding about renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America  USA Today

Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’  CNN

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) -- With his trade war with Canada intensifying, U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become

US President Donald Trump said he's considering the name change amid increasingly difficult trade relations between the US and Canada.

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Canadians balk at the idea.  Chicago Tribune

If U.S. President Donald Trump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America to spite the province amid a trade war, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford says that New York state should be known as 'the Province of New York.'

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 Jo

The U.S. President’s threat to rename the Great Lake is reminiscent of his previous push to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

President Donald Trump is floating the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become “Lake America” as his trade war with Canada intensifies

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Canadians balk at the idea  AP News

Lake America? Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario, expresses love for French Canadians amid trade war  Reuters

Trump Considers Renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ As Canada Trade Fight Deepens  Forbes

US President Donald Trump said that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates.

Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 25, 2026 3:23pm Updated August 25, 2026 3:52pm Trump previously declared the Gulf of Mexico to be the ‘Gulf of America’ (Picture: Getty) Donald Trump has advocated for renaming Lake Ontario and said he doesn’t ‘expect to do much business’ with Canada any longer. As a t

President Trump's war of words with Canada continued Tuesday amid a dispute over trade negotiations. The big picture: U.S. and Canadian officials have swapped barbs since negotiations collapsed last week, but Trump took the spat to a new level when he threatened to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" and claimed Can

Just like the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario is a shared international waterway and multiple international, federal, and regional agencies oversee it.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\" as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates.

President Trump said the U.S. is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid an escalating trade fight with Canada.

The fact that the American president is resorting to silly taunts reinforces fears that he has no idea what he’s doing during a trade war on his own making.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.

Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" and accuses Mark Carney of fabricating claims about French-language demands in trade talks.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is thinking about changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America as trade tensions between the United States and Canada escalate. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much bus

Trump gives "serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America," and he may not be "doing much business" with the province.

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s auto industry.

The rhetoric between the two countries is escalating, with Trump telling Canadian leaders on Monday to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies ...

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war 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 doing much business wi

Lake Ontario is the newest battleground in the trade fight between the US and Canada. Michelle Mengsu Chang/Toronto Star via Getty Images President Donald Trump says he's considering renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. The threat comes amid rising trade tensions between the US and Canada in recent days. Lake Ontari

The fight exploded over the weekend after trade talks collapsed and Washington slapped 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

President Donald Trump says the United States is giving "serious consideration" to renaming one of the Great Lakes as relations with Canada's most populated province sour.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies. Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexic

Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’  Toronto Star

U.S. and Canada are locked in a trade dispute, with Canada expected Tuesday to announce retaliatory measures

Ontario’s premier had earlier slammed Trump as a ‘dictator’ and ‘the king of bankruptcies’

President Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” escalating his war of words with Canadian officials on Tuesday as an intensifying trade fight strains the close economic relationship between the countries.

The prospect of Lake Ontario being renamed "Lake America" was flagged Tuesday morning by President Donald Trump as the U.S. cross-border trade war with Canada rolls on.

President Donald Trump said that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gul

Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Trump's remarks come amid a deepening cross-border trade feud that has increasingly centered on Ontario Premier Doug Ford.