Trump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America Amid Canada Trade Chill
Trump says the United States is weighing a change to Lake America, citing shrinking business expectations with Ontario.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump said the United States is giving serious consideration to renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, tying the idea to a cooling business relationship with Ontario.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “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” on August 25, 2026 at 6:58 AM ET.
This is Trump’s 1st message released today, and the last post was 9 hours ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 58 of his 602 posts over the last 30 days classified as Foreign Policy posts.
President Donald J. Trump floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America at WASHINGTON D.C.
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Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes and the lowest in surface elevation, sitting around 245 feet (about 74.7 meters) above mean sea level, according to niche-canada. The lake alone holds more surface freshwater than all the U.S. Southwest put together, according to niche-canada. Its water wealth has helped shape the amity that has characterized the last two centuries of the Canada–United States relationship, promoting cooperation rather than conflict, according to niche-canada.
Around a quarter of Canada’s population, along with its major financial and industrial sectors, now resides in the Lake Ontario watershed, according to niche-canada. The border separating Canada from the United States, and Ontario from New York State, runs invisibly through the lake, according to niche-canada.
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