The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order this Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as he had already proposed days ago, amid the trade crisis with Canada over Washington’s intention to impose tariffs on its northern neighbors.
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“As you know, we took something called the ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ We changed it. And now it is commonly known as the ‘Gulf of America.’ We have a gulf and a lake. Now we just need an ocean. Maybe we will have to change the name of the Atlantic or the Pacific. Maybe we will change both,” he said after signing the decree in the presence of journalists in the Oval Office.
The White House occupant has fulfilled his statements from this Tuesday, when he pointed to taking this step arguing that he did not intend to “continue doing much business with Ontario.” “They think they are entitled to everything and we cannot allow it,” he said now about the Canadian authorities.
The government of Mark Carney then decided not to respond to a “deliberate” measure, according to its Minister of Trade, Dominic LeBlanc.
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The announcement comes amid the clash between Washington and Ottawa over the failure of recent trade negotiations between the two countries that led to the implementation of 50% tariffs on Canadian products and when Trump maintains that he will raise tariffs on cars, trucks, automotive components, and steel of Canadian origin to 50% starting January 1, 2027.
The Government of Canada, for its part, has responded by announcing a package of tariff measures that will take effect from September 8, including levies between 15% and 50% on products derived from steel and aluminum, as well as basic items such as dairy, fish, or seafood from the neighboring country.
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