A vast majority of Americans 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 $20billion 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 32 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.
