Trump Signs Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Trump's move is the latest in the ongoing rift between the US and Canada. Canadian PM Carney has said nothing will change.
US President Donald Trump signed a presidential directive on Thursday to officially rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, amid escalating tensions with Canada. The Great Lake, which shares its name with the Canadian province of Ontario, has long been a source of contention between the two nations. Trump expressed frustration with Canada's treatment of the US, stating, "They're nasty people."
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney firmly rebuffed the renaming effort, insisting that the lake would always be called Lake Ontario, a name bestowed by the Indigenous Wendat people centuries before either country's founding. The conflict between the US and Canada has escalated into a full-blown trade war, with each nation imposing tariffs on millions of dollars worth of goods from the other.
Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, a major exporter to the US, warned that the province would use its key industries as leverage against US tariffs, threatening to further strain the already tense relationship between the two nations.
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