Ontario premier Doug Ford
Because he doesn’t like Ontario and Canada standing up for ourselves, “You may have heard President Trump is trying to rename this lake, all.
The move comes in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to “rename” Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has already rejected Trump’s “renaming” of Lake Ontario to “Lake America. US state officials, including New York governor Kathy Hochul, whose state borders the lake, said they would not adopt the new name, calling the move “absurd” amid pressing economic and trade concerns for agricultural exporters.
“But, let’s be serious. Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario and long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario. But just in case President Trump or anyone else forgets, we’ve set up this sign to remind them – it’s Lake Ontario now and forever,” he added.
The order followed a similar move last year by the Trump administration to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.