By

Nia Prater,

Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics

The Toronto skyline over Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, August 28, 2026.

Over the weekend, Google announced that it would comply with Donald Trump’s executive order directing the official renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” at least for those using Google Maps in the United States. Apple hasn’t yet followed suit on its mapping software, but President Trump is apparently taking time out of his busy schedule of posting AI attacks on Iran to bully the world’s most valuable company into doing so.