{"id":186353,"date":"2026-08-28T05:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/186353\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T05:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:06:17","slug":"trump-issues-bizarre-order-to-rename-famous-canada-us-lake-in-bitter-trade-stoush-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/186353\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump issues bizarre order to rename famous Canada-US lake in bitter trade stoush twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario on the US-Canada border to Lake America as a trade stoush between the two nations turns nasty.<\/p>\n

The order directs federal agencies to roll out the name change on US maps, documents and databases. Mr Trump has no authority to rename Canada\u2019s side of the lake<\/a> nor compel any other country, international legal body or mapmaker carry out the change.<\/p>\n

The US president also suggested the Pacific Ocean could be next in line for a name change. <\/p>\n

\"Trump<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have a gulf and we have a lake \u2013 now all we need is an ocean. Maybe we\u2019ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and\/or the Pacific,\u201d he told reporters, sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll change them both.\u201d<\/p>\n

A poster of the Great Lakes region with \u201cLake America\u201d printed in red letting over Lake Ontario was propped up behind the president.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, Mr Trump said the US was giving \u201cserious consideration\u201d to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America because \u201cwe don\u2019t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer,\u201d he wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, he backed that up with an image of a map of the region showing the name Lake Ontario crossed out and replaced with \u201cLake America\u201d and the US flag \u2013 notably placed over Canadian territory.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s biggest city Toronto sits on the shores of Lake Ontario, which divides the province of Ontario from the US state of New York. Niagara Falls is close to Lake Ontario.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after Doug Ford<\/a>, the premier of Ontario, Canada\u2019s most populous state which also includes the capital of Ottawa, said Mr Trump could \u201ckiss his a**\u201d after even more tariffs were flagged for Canada. Mr Trump called him a \u201closer\u201d.<\/p>\n

The move comes as a trade fued between the two allies turns sour.<\/p>\n

The highly-publicised rift between the two nations has become increasingly personal over recent weeks, with Mr Trump demanding Canadians \u201cfall in line\u201d with the US.<\/p>\n

Talks collapsed late last week after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected conditions he said would restrict Canada\u2019s ability to negotiate trade agreements with other countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The US disputes that account, accusing Ottawa of introducing new demands and abandoning earlier commitments.<\/p>\n

Washington subsequently imposed 50 per cent tariffs on more than 550 Canadian products worth about $US20 billion ($28 billion).<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Canada announced almost $30 billion worth of US counters tariffs that will come into effect on September 8. They will be on a sliding scale of between 15 and 50 per cent and will include seafood, furniture, paper products tools and motorbikes. A 50 per cent levy will apply to some dairy and lumber products and cosmetics. Tariffs on US steel and aluminium will rise from 25 per cent to 50 per cent.<\/p>\n

According the Office of the US Trade Representatives, in 2024 the US had a goods trade deficit with Canada of $US48.3 billion \u2013 that included commodities like lumbar, oil and cars. But that\u2019s partly offset by a US surplus of $US27.7 billion of services to Canada, which includes Canadians travelling to the US as well as telecommunications, streaming services and IT.<\/p>\n

The day he took office in 2024, Mr Trump signed an executive order directing government departments replace their use of The Gulf of Mexico name with Gulf of America. While some US companies now also refer to \u201cGulf of America\u201d it\u2019s not a legally binding term and it\u2019s not the internationally recognised name.<\/p>\n

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