Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid tariff standoff with Canada

Trump announced Monday he would increase tariffs on an array of Canadian products to 50%, following the collapse of trade talks.

Published: August 25, 2026 9:11am

Updated: August 25, 2026 9:20am

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to rename Lake Ontario to be Lake America. 

"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. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump announced Monday he would increase tariffs on an array of Canadian products to 50%, following the collapse of trade talks.

"Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years," he posted on Truth Social. "Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries. Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE!"

 

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