# ‘Lake America’: Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario amid ongoing spat with Doug Ford

https://mins.news/en/video/31924

- Global News, 2026-08-25 17:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeTvqx-fVkE

> The Canada-U.S. trade war has expanded into a bitter war of words between Donald Trump and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. After the two exchanged insults Monday, Trump said on social media that he was considering renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.”

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