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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Why does he insist on picking stupid fights like this?...there are plenty of more important things to ACCOMPLISH...not talk about.
I’d just go with Lake New York. New York needs a boost before it’s last breath.
To piss you off. Is it working?
I grow tired of this nonsense and the people who cheer it. Being petulant isn’t a good thing. This doesn’t help anything or anyone. In fact, considering how the lakes were named, it alienates a lot of people and dismisses them entirely.
I’m sorry....This is like ripping down the Confederate statues or renaming the Military Base. Let it be..The name is Historic....not political.
You are very concerned. You going to be okay?
so no one can state an opinion around here any more without someone attacking them personally? Love what this place has become.
Now where getting into calling each other doody head territory. The two guys are acting childish.
Been here long huh? What was your retread name?
Will he rename Ontario County, NY?
This is going to drive canada crazy. Trump should just stop talking and do it!
I wish Trump would STOP acting like a spoiled child!!! I am so sick of this shit.
If Trump really wants to shift opinion, he should say that he deeply respects the great people of Canada, but that their leaders betrayed them by pushing a phony deal that would have re-packaged Made in China and India industrial products with a "Made in Canada" label for phony export to the U.S. "A raw deal...Canadians deserve better" - or something like that. Reagan always did this with the USSR - praising the people and dividing them from their leaders.
> If Trump really wants to shift opinion, he should say that he deeply respects the great people of Canada… <
What? Common sense on a thread involving one of Trump’s pronouncements?
That’s a bit surprising.
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I want a leader to be effective, get a task done, move on to the next task.
Yes, we need a new trade agreement with the increasingly wayward Canuks.
This is not the way to get that done.
One of these days Trump is going to be jeered and derided around her in much the same way George W. is.
Can’t be done...There is an international Boundary through the middle of the Lake.
Then I think you missed some things. For example Abbott said pretty much the exact same things that Ford is when he said he was not afraid to use the Texas economy against Canada.
This isn’t something new.
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