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Trump pushes Apple to change ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ on its maps

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Trump pushes Apple to change ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ on its maps

US President Donald Trump has asked tech firm Apple to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps platform to comply with his executive order changing the name of the Great Lake, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said.

After its announcement that it will not be changing the name of Lake Ontario, MapQuest rose to the top of the most-downloaded free applications as of Monday morning on the Apple App Store in Canada.

Trump signed the executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario Lake America, following the collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the US.

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