Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ as stoush with Canada escalates

US president taunts Mark Carney with map post on Truth Social as trade war escalates

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Tuesday took a jab at President Trump over his threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid his trade war with Canada, saying the U.S. should “just call it Lake Natalie” after White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. Dingell shared on the social platform X a screenshot of Tru

The president cited his tariff fight in a social media post, saying the United States doesn’t expect to be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.”

President Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ after trade talks with Canada broke down

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes located on the border between Canada and the United States.

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

The president has decided to escalate his trade war with our northern neighbor, amidst a real war with Iran and skyrocketing costs at home

The president’s threat is his latest jab at Canada since trade talks between the two countries broke down.

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

The United States and Canada are locked in a trade dispute, with Canada expected to announce retaliatory measures on Tuesday. That's in response to the Trump administration enacting 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods over the weekend after talks between the countries broke down.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario amid the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.

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

Tensions between Canda and the US have ramped up in recent days over trade.

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 25, 2026 3:23pm Updated August 25, 2026 3:23pm Trump previously declared the Gulf of Mexico to be the ‘Gulf of America’ (Picture: Getty) The President of the United States has suggested renaming Lake Ontario and said he doesn’t ‘expect to do much business’ with Canada

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

Lake Ontario might be renamed if the president gets his way. It won't be the first time Trump has used the old imperial tool.

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

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

Canada says it decided not to respond to daily social media posts from the US leader months ago.

"Utter boloney": Maine Rep. Pingree on President Trump's new threat to rename Lake Ontario  CNN

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.

Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America in trade war  USA Today

Trump floated the possibility of rebranding Lake Ontario, in a shot against Canada's most populous province -- whose premier threatened to cut off electricity and minerals to the US.

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.

Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ as trade war with Canada escalates  AP News

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 ...

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

President Trump is taking out his frustrations on Canada by threatening to rename Lake Ontario. “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 with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Pr

Lake Ontario lays on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other Sign up for the US Breaking News email If Ralph Norman becomes the nominee in South Carolina and goes on to win the November election, he has a reputation in

Trump said US is considering to change the name of Lake Ontario.President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States was “giving serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, amid escalating trade dispute with Canada.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “The United States is giving serious con

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. President’s Truth Social post explains the potential change is because ‘we don’t expect to [be] doing much business with Ontario any longer’

'... we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer,' the U.S. president said Tuesday morning

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.

Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario as Spat With Canada Escalates  WSJ

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