# Canada Erects Giant ‘Lake Ontario’ Sign

> Source: <https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/30/canada-erects-giant-lake-ontario-sign/>
> Published: 2026-08-30 15:47:02+00:00

“Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the U.S. government’s administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, with the country erecting a giant sign saying ‘Lake Ontario. Now and Always’ – and the American president posting a video of him tearing down an avatar of that sign, erecting a replacement saying Lake America, and dancing to YMCA,” [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/30/canada-trump-lake-ontario-name) reports.

“Rhetoric over the naming of Lake Ontario is the public face of an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and its northern neighbor involving a 50% U.S. tariff on Canadian steel and retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa.”

[Mediaite](https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-kicks-down-lake-ontario-sign-and-does-ymca-dance-in-wild-ai-video-ratcheting-up-feud-with-canada/): Trump kicks down Lake Ontario sign and does YMCA dance in wild AI video ratcheting up feud with Canada.