Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was considering renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" as his trade war with Canada escalated. The threat — which Trump backed up with a map featuring the new name — mirrored his move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America last year. Trump stepped up his rhetoric as Canada announced a volley of tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S.…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America as his trade conflict with Canada intensified. Trump illustrated his proposal through a map highlighting the alternative name, paralleling his earlier renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America the previous year. Tensions escalated after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products following the breakdown of trade negotiations between the two nations.
Trump stated on his social media platform, Truth Social, that the U.S. was carefully considering the name change, as there was little expectation of future commerce with Ontario. Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes straddling the Canada-U.S. border, shares its name with the Canadian province of Ontario, alongside the American state of New York.
Toronto, Canada's most populous city, is situated on the lake's northwestern shoreline. Later, Trump tweeted a map with "Lake Ontario" crossed out and replaced with "Lake America".
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