The federal government's executive order to rename the smallest Great Lake to 'Lake America' is a tool for trade leverage against Canada.

MapQuest, which was openly dismissive of the president’s 27 August executive order directing federal agencies to refer to the smallest of the Great Lakes as “Lake America” amid a trade spat with Canada, leapfrogged rivals Google Maps and Apple Maps to top the most-downloaded list, as first reported by TechCrunch. The app held the No 1 spot on Apple’s App Store as of Tuesday morning, the Guardian confirmed. Google quickly capitulated to Trump’s demand, showing Lake America to US customers, while Apple is reportedly mulling a decision under pressure from the White House to make the same change. But MapQuest, a 30-year-old company that bills itself as “the OG” (original) of the internet mapping era, appears to have been rewarded for standing firm. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/mapquest-lake-ontario-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days. https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/mapquest-is-now-the-no-1-u-s-app-after-bucking-trumps-lake-america-renaming/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

— ‘MapQuest, which was openly dismissive of the president’s 27 August executive order directing federal agencies to refer to the smallest of the Great Lakes as “Lake America” amid a trade spat with Canada, leapfrogged rivals Google Maps and Apple Maps to top the most-downloaded list, as first reported by TechCrunch. The app held the No 1 spot on Apple’s App Store as of Tuesday morning, the Guardian confirmed. Google quickly capitulated to Trump’s demand, showing Lake America to US customers, while Apple is reportedly mulling a decision under pressure from the White House to make the same change. But MapQuest, a 30-year-old company that bills itself as “the OG” (original) of the internet mapping era, appears to have been rewarded for standing firm. … In Canada, meanwhile, MapQuest was the second-most downloaded app overall by Sunday night.’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/mapquest-lake-ontario-trump