During the speech, Trump aired a series of longstanding grievances regarding trade and economic policies between the two neighboring nations. He specifically pointed to Canadian tariffs on milk, the relocation of automotive factories from Canada to the United States, and suggested renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
Questioning the financial relationship between the two countries, Trump asked why the U.S. should lose billions of dollars to support Canada. "We don’t need them, but they need us," he said, adding that Canada would be doing something "just like Greenland."