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Trump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario as US-Canada Trade War Escalates
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump escalated a bitter trade standoff with Canada on Tuesday, floating a proposal to strip the word "Ontario" from one of the Great Lakes altogether.
"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 wrote in a post on Truth Social, his own social media platform.
Lake Ontario forms part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States, with Ontario province to its north and New York state to its south — the border itself cutting directly through the water.
The remark came a day after Trump branded Canada one of the most difficult trading partners in the world. "Among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled yet WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US," he wrote Monday.
Tariffs Take Effect Amid Collapsed Talks
The war of words followed the collapse of trade negotiations between the two nations. A steep 50% US tariff on Canadian goods took hold Saturday, and Trump has signaled more pain is coming: an additional 50% levy on Canadian-made cars, trucks and auto parts is set to begin Jan. 1, 2027, after officials failed to reach a deal.
Ford and Trump Trade Blows
Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired back at Trump directly on Monday, calling the president a "dictator" and the "king of bankruptcies" after Trump took aim at him on Truth Social.
Trump, for his part, doubled down on his long-running assertion that Canada "couldn't survive" economically without US support. He also renewed his jab at Prime Minister Mark Carney, referring to him as "Governor Carney" — a nod to Trump's repeated suggestion that Canada should become the 51st US state.
Trump Denies Targeting French Language
Trump used Tuesday's Truth Social post to also push back on claims he sought to curb French-language protections in Quebec, insisting he would "never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing."
He went further, accusing Carney of fabricating the controversy for political gain: "This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians!"
The dispute traces back to Monday, when Carney said Canada "could not accept" a draft trade agreement that would have rolled back protections for the French language — specifically, rules requiring American companies to provide instruction manuals, packaging, warranties and software in French for products sold in Quebec.
As tariffs bite and rhetoric sharpens on both sides, there is no indication that negotiators plan to return to the table in the near term.
"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 wrote in a post on Truth Social, his own social media platform.
Lake Ontario forms part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States, with Ontario province to its north and New York state to its south — the border itself cutting directly through the water.
The remark came a day after Trump branded Canada one of the most difficult trading partners in the world. "Among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled yet WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US," he wrote Monday.
Tariffs Take Effect Amid Collapsed Talks
The war of words followed the collapse of trade negotiations between the two nations. A steep 50% US tariff on Canadian goods took hold Saturday, and Trump has signaled more pain is coming: an additional 50% levy on Canadian-made cars, trucks and auto parts is set to begin Jan. 1, 2027, after officials failed to reach a deal.
Ford and Trump Trade Blows
Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired back at Trump directly on Monday, calling the president a "dictator" and the "king of bankruptcies" after Trump took aim at him on Truth Social.
Trump, for his part, doubled down on his long-running assertion that Canada "couldn't survive" economically without US support. He also renewed his jab at Prime Minister Mark Carney, referring to him as "Governor Carney" — a nod to Trump's repeated suggestion that Canada should become the 51st US state.
Trump Denies Targeting French Language
Trump used Tuesday's Truth Social post to also push back on claims he sought to curb French-language protections in Quebec, insisting he would "never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing."
He went further, accusing Carney of fabricating the controversy for political gain: "This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians!"
The dispute traces back to Monday, when Carney said Canada "could not accept" a draft trade agreement that would have rolled back protections for the French language — specifically, rules requiring American companies to provide instruction manuals, packaging, warranties and software in French for products sold in Quebec.
As tariffs bite and rhetoric sharpens on both sides, there is no indication that negotiators plan to return to the table in the near term.
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