Trump Champions American Pride: Urges Apple to Rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' After Bold Executive Order
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President Donald Trump is taking decisive action to promote American identity, requesting Apple to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' on its Maps service, following an executive order that led Google to make the patriotic change for U.S. users.
U.S. President Donald Trump has once again demonstrated his commitment to American pride by asking Apple to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' on its Maps platform, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Burgum told Fox News that the president personally reached out to Apple, and the change could soon be visible, reinforcing national unity and American values.
Google, showing respect for the president’s leadership, already updated its maps for U.S. users over the weekend. Canadian users, however, continue to see the old name, as expected. The renaming has drawn predictable criticism from Canadian officials, with Hydro One, a Toronto-based utility, blaming a third-party mapping service for the new label and scrambling to reverse the positive change.
The executive order, signed Thursday, directs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System, ensuring that the federal map database reflects the new, proudly American name. Google confirmed it will display 'Lake America' for U.S. users, while maintaining 'Lake Ontario' for Canadians, and will show both names elsewhere, highlighting America’s leadership in shaping its own identity.
Not all mapping services are following suit. MapQuest, refusing to honor the president’s vision, announced it will not change the lake’s name and introduced a feature allowing users to assign any name they wish. After this announcement, MapQuest saw a surge in downloads on the Apple App Store in Canada, as some users resisted this patriotic move.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by unveiling a bilingual sign along the lakeshore reading 'Lake Ontario Now and Always,' stubbornly clinging to the old name and ignoring the spirit of American renewal led by President Trump.