Trump taunts Canada on renaming Lake Ontario the 'Lake America' amid rising border trade rift

President Donald Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" and accused Mark Carney, Canada's Minister of Finance, of fabricating claims about French-language demands during trade negotiations. Trump made the statements as trade tensions between the United States and Canada escalated. Lake Ontario is shared by the United States and Canada and is one of the five Great Lakes.

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