Donald Trump's administration demanded that Apple change the designation of Lake Ontario on the map service of its devices, replacing the historical name with "Lake America". The Secretary of the Interior revealed that the White House exercised direct pressure on the tech giant to carry out this change.
Ottawa reacted firmly to the order and refused to erase Canada's historical toponymy. The Canadian authorities completely rejected Washington's demand, arguing that the name Lake Ontario is part of the country's geographical and cultural heritage.
This demand occurs within a broader context of trade and geopolitical tensions between the United States and Canada, which had already been exacerbated by the Trump government's imposition of customs tariffs. The controversy over the lake's designation emerges as yet another element of friction in bilateral relations.
