Episode

How Trump got Apple and Google Maps to eliminate Lake Ontario

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ABC News Top Stories
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Sep 4, 2026
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Summary

US President Donald Trump has struck out at long time ally Canada after trade talks collapsed, renaming one of the Great Lakes of North America. It's Lake Ontario, which borders the two countries. Or, as Trump would have you now call it, Lake America. Can he just do that and why did Apple and Google Maps fall into line so quickly?