Ontario’s Doug Ford prods Trump with sign rejecting ‘Lake America’ name

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a new – and very blue – response to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”.On Saturday, Ford recorded a video of himself along the lake’s shore near Hamilton, Ontario, where he revealed a baby-blue, billboard-sized sign that reads “Lake Ontario” in large white letters.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’list 2 of 3Can Trump really rename Lake Ontario, ‘Lake America’?list 3 of 3With the US and Canada locked in a trade war, fears of a recession lurkend of listUnderneath, a subheading underscores Ford’s message about the name: “Now and Always.” The message is also repeated in French, Canada’s second official language.Ford, who has made a habit of needling the US president, explained that the sign was erected to reaffirm the Great Lake’s name “in case President Trump — or anyone else — forgets”.“Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario,” Ford said in his social media video. “And long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario.”The White House did not respond to Al...