Trump renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’
President Donald Trump declares the immediate renaming of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ amid a trade dispute with Canada, drawing criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton found herself on the wrong end of social media criticism after taking issue with President Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario amid a heated trade war with Canada.
“It’s Lake Ontario,” Clinton posted on Thursday, inserting herself into the debate stemming from Trump’s executive order instructing the Department of Interior to refer to the lake as “Lake America” from now on.
Clinton, whose X account does not allow replies, was immediately mocked by conservatives over her failed presidential run against Trump as the post surpassed 3 million views in just a few hours.
“It’s not President Hillary Clinton…and never will be,” conservative commentator CJ Pearson posted on X.
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A side-by-side photo illustration shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
“Trump Controls the News Cycle Volume 87187585124782,” former Trump DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin posted on X.
“It’s President Donald J. Trump,” the Republican National Committee (RNC) posted on X.
“And you’ll never be President,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., posted on X.
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Satellite image of the American Great Lakes : lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites., Great Lakes, Usa & Canada, True Colour Satellite Image (Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“Loser says what?” conservative commentator Jillian King Anderson posted on X.
“Democrats preferring Canada to America is the least surprising thing I’ve seen all day,” conservative commentator Michael Knowles posted on X.
“Hillary’s out here shooting blanks ,” conservative radio host Vince Coglianese posted on X.
Trump’s move to rename the lake, which sits on the U.S.-Canada border, came amid a breakdown in trade between both nations, with Trump accusing Ottawa of unfair trade practices.
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Hillary Clinton speaks to members of the media outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Feb. 26, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)
The U.S. imposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods such as wine, furniture and dairy products, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said U.S. trade demands proved Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum.
“Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump said Thursday. “Very sadly, even the military, you know, we defend Canada for nothing. We don’t get anything. They don’t pay us to defend Canada.”
Trump previously used geographic names to make political statements, ordering the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in January 2025.
“The Lake of America was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico — we changed it — and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday.
Several prominent Democrats have come out against the name change, including New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul who said New York, which borders the lake’s southern side, “won’t be calling it that.”
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report
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