
AI-generated summary
Trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed, leading the US to impose new 50% tariffs on $20 billion (C$28 billion) of Canadian goods. Canada plans to implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs next month. Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America and his sharing of AI-generated videos prompted the response from Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada's shoreline with the message: "Lake Ontario. Now and Always."
The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America and has shared a series of AI-generated videos about the lake that straddles both countries.
"Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario. Long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario," Ford said.
The war of words was triggered after trade talks collapsed, with the US imposing new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) of Canadian goods. Canada will implement "dollar for dollar" counter-tariffs next month.
Trump said the decree was effective immediately as he signed the order to rename it Lake America.
While he has broad discretion over how the US recognises landmarks, other countries are not required to follow. Canadian officials have dismissed Trump's move.
On Saturday, Trump also posted several AI-generated videos on social media, with one showing him kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with one that says: "Welcome to Lake America."
Another video depicted a flock of Canada geese sporting the US president's hair and holding rifles as they patrolled the shoreline of a newly named Lake America.
Ford said Trump's renaming of the lake was because he "didn't like Ontario and Canada standing up for ourselves".
Standing in front of the newly unveiled Lake Ontario sign, Ford added: "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."
It echoes Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's previous response to the row, insisting "things must be called by their name, and this lake is called Lake Ontario - today and forever".
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Canada will implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on US goods next month as promised
Very likely · Within weeks
The Lake Ontario naming dispute will remain a symbolic issue without legal or international enforcement of Trump's rename
Likely · Within months

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