Posted on 08/25/2026 6:31:16 AM PDT by Libloather
President Trump floated the possibility of rebranding Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” in a shot across the bow against Canada’s most populous province — whose premier threatened to cut off electricity and minerals to the US.
“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,” Trump declared on Truth Social Tuesday.
On his very first day back in the Oval Office last year, Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a move he frequently boasted about during his first year.
His musing about giving Lake Ontario, which borders upstate New York, the same treatment comes amid a bruising tariff battle with America’s northern neighbor.
Last week, talks broke down between the two sides.
That prompted Trump to impose a steep 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods — including beer, cheese, electronics, and more.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to retaliate in kind, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has long been a hardliner on trade, teased plans to make the US feel economic pain.
Ford vowed to the Associated Press that “everything is on the table” if the trade spat worsens, including cutting off electricity and critical minerals from Ontario.
“We power 1.5 million homes and businesses,” the premier said. “Everything’s on the table. I’ll do whatever it takes.”
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When everyone knows it was named after Mr. Lake.
Secession is like a wildfire. It goes from a tiny spark to a blazing inferno in short order. And the wood is dry.
This is likely just Trump protecting the interests of a major political donor: Matthew Moroun.
The Moroun family owns the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor.
Canada built another bridge, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, right next to the Moroun family's bridge.
Matthew then makes a $1 million donation to a Trump super PAC and suddenly the temperature in US-Canadian relations started heating up.
I agree with montag813 that Trump should handle US-Canadian relations the way that Reagan did.
Thanks for the insight.
Remember this is our opportunity to get a good deal on US made maple syrup from New England, New York, Michigan and Pennsyltucky.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Lol. You’re just happy that the flying monkeys are not after you on a thread. My turn.
We don’t care.
Any more? How do you know after only 7 weeks?
Get a life. He’s trolling.
I knew from the headline this would out, again, all the fakes. Just Trump haters.
It’s funny!
You can almost predict it depending on good the troll is.
They are so stupid they can’t see a joke.
Trump is the President of the United States. That puts him way above this childish like crap that he always does. He is sickening and sinking.
To you. Not me.
So that’s your problem.
Trump needs to act Presidential instead of doing stuff like this.
Hey fun fact you might not be aware of. Did you know you can read this site without signing up and have been able to do so for decades?
I know right. It’s shocking. Imagine the possibilities!
But yeah, go ahead and focus on that. Seems a well reasoned position.
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