Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” is apparently working out great ― for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, that is.

Shortly after the president signed an order declaring the name change, Carney took to X to explain why the newly renamed body of water would still be known as Lake Ontario “today and forever.”

In the posts, which were also in French, Carney noted that the lake’s name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

“The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,’” he wrote in his post.

“We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms,” he continued.

But just because America might attempt to change the lake’s name, Carney closed out the post insisting that “Canadian women and men also know that things must be called by their name, and this lake is called Lake Ontario – today and forever.”

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.…

To almost no one’s surprise, Carney’s retort was widely hailed.

This is what it looks like when the adult in the room is speaking. https://t.co/ZEytdwSZ5w

Maybe we could end the trade war by exchanging heads of government with Canada? Under President Carney, we'd get health care, sound economic management, safe gun policies, an end to forever wars and some calm in Washington. https://t.co/WfMwAQJuFF

Nothing but respect for MY prime minister https://t.co/FaS2HzXXO7

Pretty sure this is a FUCK TRUMP message https://t.co/VJwiC1M1rY

Canadian friends: please dont think all of us think/act like self-centered moronic bullies. Some of us actually want to be good neighbors. Embarrassing. https://t.co/IX57bRyjMP

"We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms."Oh, Mark Carney, how I adore your well-disguised, very Canadian pettiness 😌 https://t.co/BjvWuOlxWk

However, some people focused their attention on one particular word.

Ladies and gentlemen, the world’s first use of “hydronyms” in a subtweet: https://t.co/6NXYvHUqsD

hy·dron·ymnoun -     1. A proper name given to a body of water.    2. A very polite, distinctly Canadian verbal smackdown delivered by the Prime Minister. https://t.co/nXTLYbOT80

Love having a leader of the free world use the word “hydronym”. https://t.co/75OpOszvEz

The fact Carney had to respond to that fat moron is so embarrassing for America. https://t.co/YrrLBELUxQ

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