Escalation: Trump Directly Pressures Apple on Lake Name Change
President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. The order triggered an update to the U.S. government’s geographic names database used by mapmakers.
Google Maps now shows Lake America for users in the United States. Apple Maps had not changed the label, and Trump reached out to Apple to press the update.
Canada is keeping the name Lake Ontario in its records and maps. Google displays different names based on where a user is, so Canadians continue to see Lake Ontario.
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