Voters have turned against Donald Trump‘s crusade against Canada, rejecting his rebranding of Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ by more than two to one.
A new Daily Mail/JL Partners poll finds only 20 percent of Americans support the name change, while 46 percent oppose it.
Even Americans who previously voted for Trump in 2024 only supported it by 33 percent, while 31 percent rejected the name change.
Trump first floated the name last week after trade negotiations between the two countries collapsed. He declared that the US did not expect to be ‘doing much business with Ontario any longer.’
He followed through two days later with an executive order directing the federal government to use ‘Lake America.’
Soon after Washington slapped 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods and Ottawa announced retaliatory levies of its own.
A trade war to the north could also deepen Trump’s midterm headache as Republicans fight to protect their small congressional majorities. The Iran war has already pushed oil above $90 a barrel, and gas past $4 a gallon for most Americans.
Just thirty-two percent of voters supported the new tariffs against Canada, with 36 percent opposing the levies. Thirty-seven percent blame US officials for the breakdown, compared with just 14 percent who fault Canada. However, 31 percent hold both sides equally responsible.
Voters have turned against Donald Trump’s crusade against Canada, rejecting his rebranding of Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ by more than two to one. Trump is pictured speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 Summit earlier this summer
Aerial view of the newly renamed Lake America which is shared by the US and Canada
Yet one in four Americans, including 42 percent of Trump voters, would support closing the Canadian border entirely over the tariff feud.
Trump’s repeated talk of absorbing Canada as the 51st state also remains fringe, backed by 21 percent of Americans and 31 percent of his voters.
The poll was conducted between August 28-31 among 1,015 registered US voters online with a margin of error of 3.1 percent.
After Trump’s public spat with Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned last week that his province could cut off electricity to the US if Trump continues pressing the trade war.
Ford said Ontario powers 1.5 million American homes and businesses and warned Trump he had better have ‘a pack of batteries’ ready.
Ford also told Trump to ‘kiss my a**’ and that Canada should be ready to ‘throw everything in the kitchen sink’ at the US President.
A new Daily Mail/JL Partners poll finds only 20 percent of Americans support the name change, while 46 percent oppose it
Canada, the second-largest US trading partner, brings in about $880 billion in goods and services exchanged annually.
The northern US ally is deeply intertwined with auto, energy and manufacturing supply chains on both sides of the border.
A prolonged trade war could slow economic growth and raise prices for American consumers as manufacturers face higher costs for parts and materials.
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