Donald J. Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to say that the United States is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” citing deteriorating relations with the Canadian province of Ontario. He suggested the name change could happen because he does not expect the U.S. to continue doing much business with Ontario.
In other words: Apparently, when the trade relationship goes south, the lake gets a new name. It appears that Ontario Premier Doug Ford telling Trump to "kiss my ass" didn't go down well with the fragile President.
Our "deal-maker" President failed to secure a deal with Canada, so he's being mean to a lake. Who could have predicted this!?
Trump was roasted on social media.
He's out of ideas pic.twitter.com/zgsTXpMEXD
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 25, 2026
Republicans focus on renaming lakes instead of making life more affordable https://t.co/YaJ1omczbw
— Jared Shult (@jared_shult) August 25, 2026
Trade negotiations with Canada going great this morning, I see..... https://t.co/9oaj4Bo14g
— Peter Harrell (@petereharrell) August 25, 2026
This is all Trump’s got left: he lost a war of choice with Iran, he picked trade wars with our closest allies and lost, groceries are up, gasoline and diesel are way up, there’s a dozen food recalls a week, he can’t unwind any of that so he has to gild statues and rename lakes. https://t.co/tdXOQOIGXb
— Logan McMillen 🇨🇺 🇻🇪 🇭🇹 🇵🇸 (@South_Gradient) August 25, 2026
The cobwebs in Trump's head are doubling. It would be nice to have a President who focused on the issues struggling Americans are dealing with. Instead, he's just busy pissing off our allies - again.
