Trump considers renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
Donald Trump says the US is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America', citing reduced trade with Ontario.
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AIUS President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that the United States is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'.
Trump explained in a post on his Truth Social platform that the US 'does not expect to do much business with Ontario anymore.'
Ontario is a Canadian province. The proposed change recalls Trump’s unilateral move last year, when he issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, according to the Associated Press.
The United States and Canada are currently embroiled in a trade dispute. Canada is expected to announce retaliatory measures on Tuesday after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend, following the collapse of negotiations between the two countries.