Lake America: A Name Change That's More Than Just a Quirk President Donald Trump has managed to get Google to change its maps to reflect his whims.
The tech giant has updated its application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the United States, echoing a similar decision made in 2025 when Trump first issued an order to rebrand the Gulf of Mexico.
The move is more than just a trivial matter. It's a symptom of a deeper issue: tensions between the US and Canada have been escalating, with billions of dollars in tariffs being imposed on each other's goods.