Ontario premier answers Trump's 'Lake America' with giant 'Lake Ontario' sign
Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" by putting up a large sign on the Canadian shore that reads "Lake Ontario. Now and Always." Canadian leaders mostly mocked the order, viewing it as symbolic tension in a larger dispute about trade and relations between Canada and the United States.Key Facts
- President Trump signed an order directing U.S. agencies to call Lake Ontario "Lake America."
- Premier Doug Ford unveiled a 24-by-12-foot sign on the Canadian side stating "Lake Ontario. Now and Always," including a French translation.
- The name Lake Ontario comes from a Huron Indigenous word meaning "lake of shining waters."
- Canadian politicians and historians ridiculed Trump’s order, seeing it as an attempt to influence or control Canada.
- The dispute is part of broader worsening relations, including failed trade talks and upcoming retaliatory tariffs between Canada and the U.S.
- Trump previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" by executive order.
- Ford and Trump have publicly exchanged sharp criticisms amid these tensions.
- Trump has used images and maps to suggest Canada should be part of the United States or its 51st state.
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