Mark Carney says "the lake is beautiful, the lake is big," about Lake Ontario's name origin

As U.S.-Canada trade tensions escalated, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, and mused about renaming an ocean next. In Ottawa, a city councilor declared the capital's Trump Avenue an embarrassment and said he would pursue renaming it; a reported suggestion was TACO Avenue, a jab at the president's tariff threats. The White House continued taunting with social media posts and an AI video. Prime Minister Mark Carney responded on X that the lake's name remains unchanged, and explained that it comes from the Wendat language, where it conveys a vast and beautiful body of water, predating both Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The episode follows Trump's 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods and Canada's counter-tariffs on American products.