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Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, citing a breakdown in business relations with Ontario.
- This threat follows the administration's decision to enact 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods over the weekend after trade talks between the two countries collapsed.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by threatening to cut off electricity to the United States, while Prime Minister Mark Carney has been involved in collapsing trade negotiations.
- Although Lake Ontario is a shared international waterway managed by the International Joint Commission and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, New York State and Ontario each govern their own shoreline and lakebed portion.
- Trump previously claimed on Monday that Canada created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit, stating that current trade arrangements are 'not sustainable' for American Patriots and the United States.
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In the trade dispute with Ottawa, the US President is considering a name change for one of the largest North American lakes. Ontario is Canada's most populous province and economically closely intertwined with the US.
·Munich, Germany
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The US president justified this by saying that "we are not expected to have much business with Ontario going forward."
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lrytas.ltAs the neighbors' trade dispute escalates, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario, which forms the US-Canada border, "Lake America."
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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