Trump Trolls Canada with Lake America Taunt as Trade Rift Explodes
President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Canada Tuesday, openly considering whether Lake Ontario should be renamed Lake America as trade relations between Washington and Ottawa sink deeper into hostility.
The proposal delivered another unmistakable message that the days of Canada receiving automatic economic favors may be finished, as reported by Fox News.
“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,” Trump wrote Tuesday morning on Truth Social.
The jab came after negotiations collapsed and both governments began preparing additional tariffs.
Trump also accused Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of inventing claims that the United States sought concessions involving protections for the French language.
Carney has attempted to portray the dispute as a defense of Canadian language and culture, a narrative the Trump administration flatly rejects.
“I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!” Trump wrote. “In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing.”
Trump then aimed directly at Carney and his political standing in Quebec.
“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,” Trump added. “I love French Canadians!”
Carney announced Saturday that Canada was suspending negotiations, saying, “We were not prepared to compromise on the protection of the French language and our culture.”
He also claimed those matters were “never on the table” from the Canadian perspective.