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Trump says he’s considering renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in Canada spat

Financial Post · August 25, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

President Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” escalating his war of words with Canadian officials on Tuesday as an intensifying trade fight strains the close economic relationship between the countries.

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