Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (local time) rejected US President Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, declaring that the iconic water body would remain known as Lake Ontario “today and forever.”

In a post on social media on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his idea to rename Lake Ontario, asserting that he doesn’t expect to do any more business with Ontario.

Amid escalating trade tensions, President Trump has proposed rebranding Lake Ontario as Lake America, a suggestion swiftly rejected by Canadians as empty rhetoric. The recent…