Trump Says U.S. Could Rename Lake Ontario as Lake America Amid Canada Trade War
President Donald Trump said he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes spanning the U.S.-Canada border, to Lake America, as the U.S.-Canada trade fight escalates.
US President Donald Trump has suggested renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid escalating trade tensions with Canada. According to The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Trump said he is considering the name change. The Jerusalem Post reported that Trump made the comments in a Truth Social post, stating that the US does not expect to do much business with Ontario anymore.
The trade tensions between the US and Canada have been ongoing for over a year, with both countries imposing tariffs on each other's goods. The Jerusalem Post reported that Trump claimed Canada has been "ripping off the US for decades" by charging US farmers high tariffs, driving companies out of business, and causing the US to lose an average of $60 billion a year.
Canada has responded to US tariffs with retaliatory measures, including tariffs on about $20 billion worth of US annual imports. Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne stated that the country's tariffs are aimed at matching Washington's latest duties dollar for dollar.
Brief written by urgent.news from The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jerusalem Post — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
