Canadian politicians say Trump can rename that lake whatever he likes, but it'll 'always be Lake Ontario'

Canadian politicians aren't too concerned about Trump's threat to rename Lake Ontario.

Arrush Chopra/NurPhoto via Getty Images Canada's leaders heard Trump's threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, and they don't really care.

They said it will always be Lake Ontario in Canada, regardless of what Trump decides to name it.

Trump's threat comes as yet another trade war is erupting between the two neighbors.

Canadian politicians say President Donald Trump can rename Lake Ontario on the map if he wants to — it won't change what they call it.

In a Tuesday morning Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the US is "giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America" as "we don't expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer." He later posted a picture of the map of Lake Ontario with its name crossed out and replaced by "Lake America" in a bold metallic font.

His threat comes as trade tensions between the two countries flare.

But Canadian politicians shrugged off Trump's message.

Talking about Trump, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told: CBS News on Tuesday: "I have to laugh when he comes up with these ideas." "It's always going to be Lake Ontario here in Canada.

And, you know, that's up to the president," Ford added.

"If he wants to name it Lake America, Lake Trump, whatever he wants to do, that's his prerogative." Canada's Minister of Industry, Mélanie Joly, said in a Tuesday presser, "We'll always call it Lake Ontario.

Period." "We'll just stand up for what we have.

And meanwhile, I really think that, while all these shenanigans are happening, we'll just be smart and we'll be strategic, and we'll fight back," Joly added.

CNBC asked another politician, Canada's Minister for Internal Trade Dominic LeBlanc, about the Lake Ontario renaming threat.