President Donald Trump says the United States is giving “serious consideration” to renaming one of the Great Lakes as relations with Canada’s most populated province sour.
Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning that he’s thinking of changing the name of Lake Ontario to “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 be doing much business with Ontario any longer,” he wrote.
He later posted a graphic illustrating a name change.
The change would be similar to the Republican president’s executive order last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
The Great Lakes — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior — are a chain of five freshwater lakes that hold roughly one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Lake Ontario, which the province is named after, shares a border with the U.S. state of New York.
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Michigan is the only Great Lake that doesn’t border Canada.
The United States and Canada are locked in a trade dispute after Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended trade talks last Friday, accusing the U.S. of trying to introduce last-minute demands that would limit Canada’s ability to make trade deals with other countries and protect its culture and sovereignty.
The U.S. introduced a new round of 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports on Saturday, targeting goods worth $28 billion. Canada announced retaliatory measures Tuesday that will go into effect Sept. 8.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whose province is home to the country’s auto industry, said Monday that he backs Carney. He also took aim at Trump after the president posted about him on social media.
“I don’t respond to a dictator like President Trump, a bully like President Trump. I’m not going to take any advice off a guy that’s the king of bankruptcies,” Ford said during a news conference, which also heard him say Trump could “kiss my ass.”
“Let’s be clear, I don’t like the guy — simple.”
Ford told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tuesday morning “things got a little personal” with Trump on Monday.
He said Trump’s Lake Ontario post was “a lot of rhetoric,” and it’s time to tone it down.
“I want to make a good deal for the American people, a good deal for the Canadians,” he said.
“We’re the two greatest countries in the world. We’re each other’s No. 1 customer and it’s time to get back to the table and let’s negotiate a fair deal because it’s hurting the U.S., it’s hurting Canada and we just want to make sure that we have a fair deal.”
Carney said Monday that Canada will go back to the negotiating table on a trade deal once the United States changes its attitude and stops treating Canada as a subsidiary.
— with files from Isaac Callan and The Associated Press
Go ahead and rename it up to the border line. The Canadian side is still Lake Ontario.
Anonymous, you are, for once, 100% right when you say “I could be wrong…..”.
AMERICA WON THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS, ACCORDING TO AMERICAN LEASERSHIP. THAT JUSTIFIES DONALD TRUMP STARTING AND WINNING A THIRD WORLD WAR, ECONIMCALL, THEREFORE HE FEELS ENTITLED TO CLAIM AND RENAME ANYTHING ANYWHERE – AMERICAN.
I WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN HE PASSES OVER TO – WHEREVER HIS DESTINTY DELIVERS.?
THE BIRTH OF AN AMERICAN MOONBEAM CANNOT BE FAR OFF.
It’s Lake America now, losers! Fall back in line before it gets worse for you.
moron someone needs to whack this goof
I think about of people are MAGA. They want whatever is MAGA. And DT is nothing but MAGA. He’s MAGA Trump and all about MAGA. Is why we love him he’s all about MAGA. Donald Trump is MAGA and Lake Ontario is now Lake America!
I will take a dump in the morning and would like to dedicate it to Trumpe.
I heard he’s remaking the Statue of Liberty in his own likeness. He’s keeping the dress though.
Nothing says ‘stable genius negotiating a complex multi-billion-dollar international trade treaty’ quite like throwing a hysterical online fit over the name of a body of water.
Yes, and he should change the name from Washington, D.C. to Epstein, D.C.
Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario. Checkmate, Canada.
Trump wrote: ‘The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.’ Brilliant gambit, Mr. Art of the Deal. Let’s see how it works out.
Borrowing from the playbook of all master negotiators, President Donald Trump has gained the upper hand in his ongoing trade war with Canada by … wait for it … threatening to rename a lake.
On Aug. 25, President Deals McDealington threw down the gauntlet and showed those barbaric Canadians the fate they’ll face if they don’t bend to America’s will: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
BOOM! What say you now, callous Canucks? You didn’t expect our beloved MAGA president to go hyrdonymic on your a–, did you? The trade war Trump started for no particular reason – the one likely to harm Americans economically – just got serious!
Changing Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ shows Trump knows dealmaking
As Trump was carefully crafting his strategic Lake America response, Canada announced it will retaliate against U.S. tariffs by doubling tariffs on American steel and aluminum to 50% while also boosting tariffs on more than 700 U.S. goods, including paper products, dairy and appliances.
At an Aug. 25 news conference, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said: “When the United States of America asked too much and offered too little, we made a choice. We chose Canada.”
Oh yeah, Mr. Extremely French-Sounding Name? Well, when Trump was trying to navigate a delicate geopolitical trade negotiation with a longstanding ally, he chose to rename a lake. DOUBLE BOOM!
What if changing a lake name can’t end the trade war with Canada?
My only concern with Trump’s Lake America threat – aside from yet another wholly unnecessary cost-of-living increase – is that the president didn’t go far enough.
There are entire cities and towns in America that have Canadian names. Ontario, California. Vancouver, Washington. Montreal, Wisconsin. Toronto, Kansas. And that’s just a handful of them. If Trump is serious about this trade war, all those cities and towns must be swiftly renamed “Americaville.”
There are also products sold in America that carry the dreaded word “Canadian.” We need an executive order mandating all Canadian bacon be relabeled “Patriot Pork.” Canadian whiskey will be “Freedom Juice.”
The word ‘hockey’ must be changed as well
Throughout the United States, hockey must be referred to only as American Stick & Ice Flat Ball.
Insulin was discovered at the University of Toronto in 1921. So that’s going to have to be banned.
Canadians invented garbage bags, so all Americans, from here on out, shall deposit their trash in Trump Sacks.
Celebrities like Celine Dion, Ryan Reynolds, Drake, Justin Bieber and Neil Young must be immediately deported back to their Canadian homeland. If they remain here, they will be rebranded as Celine America, Ryan Rockies, The Guy Who American Kendrick Lamar Handily Defeated (technically, that’s what most people call Drake already), Justice Freeber and Neil Trumpcoin.
Only a serious president knows the power of renaming things
It’s only through serious, mature steps like these that President Trump can guarantee victory over our neighbors to the north, who we used to like until Trump told us we don’t.
I ask all Americans to get on board Operation Lake America. Because this is definitely how serious countries get things done.
White Canucks suffer from Metathesiophobia known as fear of the unknown.
They should just get a good education in life which will open their mindset/outlook.
These white hypocrites also get the bums kicked by refugees in their own country lol.
Global news will be reported for supporting violence and I qoute “Rename it then put a bullet in that fat f *uck Ford’s head.” I have also taken a screenshot of it to pass onto the government and police.
Global news loves trump, fact
Tariff and renaming are things Trump likes most while TACO is his best at.
86 47! F*ck Dump!
We are gonna call it the Can-AM lake connection & it will be considered to be U.S territory!!
Lake ORANGE PED0 has a nice ring to it
Triggered MAGA morons heads exploding but not a single brain-cell on display, lol!
We set fire to the house over 200 years ago, and we’ll do it again, if you keep it up!!!
Rename it then put a bullet in that fat f *uck Ford’s head.
Rename a lake as Lake Epstein.
What about the Epstein files????
Total f’n nutbar!!
How’s that war in Iran going trumparoo. You got bigger problems than renaming lake Ontario. What a Putz.
Tell him to shove his useless Executive Order where the sun doesn’t shine!!!! What a f…..g moron!!
He’s out of his fing mind. We Canadians will never let that.happen. He has no brains anymore.
I might be wrong, this lake I believe was named by Euorpean settlers in 1641. If america wanted to name it they should have done it then. It is actually named Lake Ontari’io, from the Huron and Iroquois language most often translated from Wyandot as “beautiful lake” or “great lake”. It appears it is thought this has something to do with the province of Ontario and it doesn’t. Should get his facts accurate. Going to rename, Huron, Erie and Superior too?
How did Americans elect this infantile president!?
Could of at least named it lake of paedo. Or impeach lake
The TDS is rampant in Canada. We rename bridges and roads everyday to please less than 1% of our population. Crickets. I think we have bigger issues at hand. Elbows down and buns up!
Look at all the TDS! Just f *ucking get it over with and kill yoursleves!! ahahhahah
Trump is just pushing Doug Fords buttons and clearly its working. Maybe Loonie Lake is a good compromise…
Morons on here trying but failing big time to lump Carney & Trump in the same class,,,lol! Ya, sure! One is
implicated in the Epstein files, has driven the US debt to heights never seen before under any political stripe, directly caused inflation to rise thanks to idiot tarrifs and a meaningless war he started but can’t finish, made healthcare even more expensive than it already was for umpteen millions and tries but fails to rename bodies of water…..I could go on but you get the picture. Oh, and he is orange, lol!
Time for Canada to rename Lake Erie to Lake Epstein. Trump is a complete horses ass. And so are his spineless puppets that shake their collective heads like bobble head dolls. How can these so called elected officials look themselves in the mirror. Classless.
Have you noticed that no one is talking about the Epstein Files anymore? Trump has attacked long standing trade partners and allies and started a war America is going to lose in Iran…there must be some very damning things about Trump in the Epstein Files for him to be constantly pivoting and creating all these distractions…
We should rename Lake Michigan to lake Canada
Donald the duck pond has a nice ring to it, maybe he could surround it with a tacky golden fence.
Calm down everyone !!!! Your blood pressure must be sky high the way you allow Trump to live in your minds and emotions. He is a buffoon but so is Carney and both are destroying our Canada. Carney has the worst economy in the G7, Canada has the highest national debt in its history under the Liberals, we are living with deficits that are crippling our economy and forcing our dollar down, our borrowing power is diminishing and Carney is stoking the fires of hatred and division in Canada. WAKE UP Canada. Carney is NOT our friend and is managing the decline of our once great country. Trump is the idiot who is helping Carney to create that decline, but Carney is the architect.
He don’t like Mexico so renamed Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Now he don’t like Ford so he’ll rename Lake Ontario to Lake America… we hate this jack… so lets rename USA to Lower Canada… because right now that’s where he stands, in our lower end, some astrologists like to call a black hole… Get it, Mayor Trump ?
I do not swear but F*%K you trump. You are the most disgusting human. You think you can do whatever you want. You are threatened by Carney you big woos. And for that you bully and puff your chest out. YOU SUCK.
The left has renamed whole cities to appease the 1%ers so Trump renames a lake. I could care less. It’s in Ontario and Ontario could sink and I would not care.
Your can be lake American but to us it’s lake Ontario and it was name that before you were born and agree to by George Washington your first President and he did more to build your country than you’ll ever do
The US is a total joke & failure under trump and his MAGA retreads! $40 trillion dollar debt, a meaningless war they can’t win against a weak opponent, an inflation rate higher than Canada’s, double-digit millions of citizens with no healthcare whatsoever, drug addiction & homelessness out of country…..ya, making Murica impoverished again!! But keep wearing the red moronic hat and blaming Canada!
I don’t get it. The left loves to rename things to less Canadian names. Why is this bothering them?
Canada is weak because of the liberals..
1.4 TRILLION dollar national debt under the liberals…they doubled our national debt in 10 years…
Weakest military in the G7.
Only g20 nation in a recession.
2.3 million Canadians visit a foodbank each MONTH.
Homelessness and drug addiction at all time highs.
Just keep those elbows up and keep blaming Trump 😂
Bozos 🤡
Childish, no wonder the Russians call him the Useful Idiot. Maybe Useless would be an upgrade.
let him do what he want with lake Michigan its in the states anyway we get to keep georgian bay
Trump is capable of doing a lot of damage before the next Presidential Election. It’s not wise to underestimate his abilities when he makes one of his threats.
Trump spends hours researching things to which he can attach his name; the Kennedy Center is one of his travesties. He wants to be “remembered” As Premier Ford stated, the man is a bully; Ford could have added that Trump is a narcissist sociopath. Trump was denied NOTHING when he was a child and his parents didn’t realize they were creating a monster when they caved into his every childish demand.
See, this is what is not healthy. Trump just makes the Liberals stronger. The Liberals rile Trump up and then say look, he is taking our sovernity, vote for us, we are the only ones that can save you. Yet they have had 1.5 years under Carney to do something. Every country that tried has some form of agreement with the USA whether you think it is bad or good. We are the only ones that do not. We now have more tariffs than we did under Trudeau. No one is holding Carney to account for saying he was the one to get a deal. He just started a trade war 1.5 years into his term and it is now a traitorous act in Canada to say anything against the Liberals, who are destroying our economy.
I am sorry but this is why separation movements thrive, the Liberals are only concerned with power. Is Trump good? No, he is horrible, but you have to look at your own government’s uselessness as well and few in Canada are willing to do that. They will let their country die for TDS hate that was stirred by the Liberals.
Trump is the ultimate in getting the Elbozos crowd going wild and blowing their minds so they only see anger and can’t think logically. He does it every time just to get that reaction from those in the elbows up crowd and it works every time. As the old saying goes “Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.” It has been so many times that he has fooled Canadian elbozos and they let him keep on doing it.
Why not Lake Trump?
Lake ‘Murica…..Only in trump’s very little, deranged & insignificant mind, lol!
Trump sure knows how to get people annoyed especially Canadians and they fall for it every time. Canadians need to concentrate more on what Carney is doing or not doing to fix our economy. Giving money to companies and workers in subsidies, grants and benefits isn’t going to help the economy but it will greatly increase our deficit. Why would anyone invest money in Canada with this mess happening. Trump can rename whatever he wants but that in its self won’t hurt or help our economy. The FN are always renaming things and Canadians don’t care but mention Trump’s name and they have a meltdown
Let’s be clear, and executive order doesn’t have any authority to rename bodies of water. All it does is tell the usa government to use that particular name. It doesn’t change the maps around the world, only for the usa, so really, who cares? It will always be Lake Ontario, always. Just another petty move by a petty man.
Should rename the Whitehouse Americas Institution for the Criminally Insane
President Donald Trump says the United States is giving “serious consideration” to renaming one of the Great Lakes as relations with Canada’s most populated province sour.
NOT the united states…. TRUMP !!!!
@Fern. You are clearly not a good person, wishing death on others.
Lets name lake Ontario lake Obama or lake Biden until 2028 nov 5
If Trump gets to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’, Canada claims half of Lake Huron and renames it ‘Lake Natalie’—fair trade! 😉
Gotta Love seeing the Cons heads exploding….especially since there is not a single brain cell in the empty space! We need less of these traitors hoping to see our country fail and more true Canadians!!
He could rename it anything he wants the f****** Americans are so ignorant half of them can’t read so wouldn’t make any difference
Master trolling, love seeing the Liberals heads explode. Hopefully heart attacks will follow, we need less old dummies voting and destroying this country.
Reading the far right comments below is pure comedy, as they try to deflect blame from their orange hero, lol!
He should rename lake Superior to match his complex. Can call it Lake Inferior!
Isn’t that damn fool dead yet? They lost 2 great presidents to assassinations, but there is no one with 3 names to do it when needed.
Reading the far left comments below, are exactly why Trump spews his nonsensical rhetoric. Watching lefties lose it is hilarious, bottoms up! This is why he supported Carney during our last election, easily manipulated.
More brain-dead & irrelevant blather from the worst thing to ever occupy the White House in US history! Thanks for your attention in this matter. Lol
Same as the Gulf of Mexico… it is not up to him to change. He can call it what he wants, the rest of the world knows better.
Time for Google Maps to put the Gulf of Mexico name right.
Carney and Ford just showed Tramp, one in his mouth and one in his azz, then they switched
Go on. Be distracted. We need more TDS breakdowns while the economy fails.
Remember, geniuses, Lake Michigan is entirely in the USA. So you clown yourselves with the obvious retort
Lake Michigan renamed to Lake True North Strong and Free?
Trump can call Lake Ontario whatever he wants. We (Canadians) and most sane Americans will call it Lake Ontario. What’s next? Change Pacific Ocean to America Ocean?!
Further proof that he is insane.
Elbows up!
Lake Michigan should now be referred to as Lake Baron in honor of Justin’s son.
How would the orange bully like us to change Lake Michigan to Lake Carney.
He needs to grow up. His tantrums are getting tiresome.
tRump is acting like a spoiled kid on the playground. What the hell is wrong with his brain? Oh, I forgot, he doesn’t have a functioning brain. Most of the citizens of the USA deserve a better leader, that looks after their needs and not just his own wants..
LOL good on him
Maybe it’s time to ask the American people if they would like to become the 11th Province. A whole lot saner politics up here.
It’s truly tragic when many older adults can’t act more maturely than someone in their early 20’s. I fear for our future with the mini MAGA and MAGA crowd in charge.
Poor windy Donnie , no attention from momma when a wee one .
This guy is a f ung Klown show .
FAKK off you Orange Klown !
““The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America”
Just like he changed the Gulf of Mexico to gulf of America. ‘Yeah, Right’. It seems he is just getting goofier every day and people still support him.
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups” (George Carlin)
Dat wittle baby needs his Rapist pee pee slapped. Wah wah wah!! Ha! Ha!
Trump is a freaking goof. Time to turn off the electricity on the states and sell the power elsewhere. He will never take over Canada and has a childish attitude. Canada has more to offer than he does.
What an infantile idiot the USA has elected as president!
Who cares what this senile old pervert thinks? We may as well rename Washington “Pieceofshitistan”.
Why would any journalist report this story without also reporting that a US president does not have any authority to rename multinationally-shared bodies of water?
I hope the USA bears the F out of Canada, namely, BC and all of Eastern Canada
Then Canada can call Lake Superior, Lake Canada, and Lake Huron, Lake Ontario!
Doug F. needs to be classier. (as hard as it is) by remaining engaged but not stoop to Trumps level with cheap comments. All can see that Donny is painting himself and the the U.S. into a corner.
Honestly the blame for Trump being elected lies with the Democrats. They ran the worst election campaign ever, it’s like they wanted to lose. Now we deal with this nonsense daily.
At this point Carney needs to fully lead the negotiation by closing them down till say.. end of Sept. and let the U.S march to the Canadian beat for a while. It’ll drive the buffoon crazy.
Trump does this to get a reaction and all you liberal idiots just freak out. Too funny.
Lake Ontario was called Niigaani-gichigami or Gichi-zaaga’igan in Ojibwe, meaning “Leading Sea” or “Big Lake.”
Or we could go with “Lake Inferior “
He can call it whatever he wants, but will always be Lake Ontario.
He’s like a 5 year old, just looking to rile people up.
Thats OK cause Im renaming New York State to New Toronto State and New York City to New Toronto City
This certainly falls under the category of man child.
Ignore Trump’s comments. They are childish attempts to raise our blood pressure.
Oh no poor baby Trump didn’t get his way when Canada retaliated and said no to his ridiculous tariffs.Please someone change the little toddlers diaper and stick a pacifier in his mouth!!!
The prediction markets are betting Lake Corruption or Lake Extortion.
What a narcissist
Does he not know the world knows the name of the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico are centuries old
When did Global News become a pundit for idiotic American news sources. such as Trumps changing names of our lands/lakes? How about making it a farce story rather than a serious story?
How exactly does one rename a body of water that only half of lies within their borders? what a complete dumbass, everything that comes out of his mouth simply confirms his level of stupidity. LAUGHING STOCK OF THE ENTIRE WORLD and too stupid to realize it.
The world has already changed his name to Dumb Joke Turd.
Are we done listening to this lunatic anymore . It takes just 1 chunk of lead to Silence this guy . The Americans will never recover from what He has done . No offense to anyone in the US , But no one from there country should be aloud to enter Canada until they take care of Their toddler Running their Country
What a laugh. Dream on Trump. You are a laugh of the nation
Tarrif Lake might be more memorable. Why not rename Fort Niagara to Fort Trump, and the River, Trump River and most spectacularly, Trump Falls. The namesake cities on both sides just might agree to that.
Trump is world largest JOKE , we are CANADA strong say no to any US products. Yes we do have ALL the CARDS.
Ontario was named after the lake, not the other way around. Stupid trump.
For all those blaming Ford, I guess you don’t remember when Justin prorogued parliament and it was Ford as head of the association of premiers as the only person negotiating with the incoming Trump administration. He tried the subtle way. Trump drags people into the mud. Its not ideal but you got to fight back sometimes.
Total childish comments by Elbows Up Canadians showing their intelligence levels.
We should change the name of America to Cocksuckerville.
Thank you Mr. Ford..you gave Trump a chance..he showed his true colours to the ENTIRE WORLD…
GOOD FOR YOU..MR. FORD
AND THE MANY OTHER UPSTANDING CANADIAN MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE STANDING UP TO THIS DREADFUL MAN.
B.S. BAFFLING BRAINS…IS WHAT TRUMP AND HIS WHATEVER THEY ARE…DID..BECAUSE THAT’S WHATCHYA DO WHEN YOUR A PUPPET ON A STRING.
LAKE ONTARIO…PLEEEEEZ…
TRUMP MUST SPEND DAY AND NIGHT CONDURURING UP BONEHEAD IDEAS…FOR CHEAP PUBLICITY.
I ALREADY STATED…
HE’LL BUILD A FRIGGING WALL AROUND THE USA…AND TRY AND STIFF CANADA.
MR. FORD YOU ARE DOING AND SAYING WHAT IS SAFE TO PROTECT CANADA AND OUR PEOPLE…
NOW…PERHAPS THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN SEE THE REAL TRUMP AND WHOMEVER IS LEFT NOW…SUPPORTING HIM.
PRETTY SLIM PICKINS WITH THE FOLLOWERS NOW PLUS THE OLD BOYS CLUB THINNING OUT.
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT RANT…
Call it Fuckhead Lake. Jesus can you stinky American cockroaches control your garbage?! F*CK TRUMP! And F*ck the USA!
Call it Fatso trump..
who cares what he calls the lake. I call Global news, CBC news, CTV a bunch of Traitors to Canada. Your a bunch of Communist lovers and giving Canada’s FREEDOM away.
My vote is for ‘Lake TRUMP’…!!! Lol
Call it whatever you want Taco. We’ll still call it Lake Ontario. We still call the Gulf, Gulf of Mexico. We don’t give a damn about your little snit. Now, go see Natalie and have your diaper changed, you’ve soiled yourself again.
It’s not his to rename. Tell this little boy to stop throwing tantrums ugh
Let us not forget Ford was a Trump fan and supported him for election in first term.
What a loser. Chump cannot accept that he cannot force Canada to bend the knee and give in to his wants and taunts.
Lake Ontario. Period. Eff off you orange turd.
HELL NOOOO!! 😡