Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ as feud with Canada escalates | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his feud with Canadian leaders, suggesting the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as tensions between the two countries rise amid an ongoing trade war. “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 wrote in a Truth Social post. In a subsequent post, the president posted an image of a map with “Lake Ontario” crossed out and the words “Lake America” — spelled out in gold lettering — with an American flag. Minister for Canada-US Trade Dominic LeBlanc declined to comment on Trump’s first post, telling CNBC, “We’ve decided as a federal government months ago not to respond to sort of the daily social media posts of either the president or his Cabinet secretaries.” “We’re focused on doing what we can in Canada to build our economy and to having a constructive relationship with the government of the United States — our most important trading partner,” LeBlanc added. Canadian officials announced la