Jan Vajdák Donald Trump has decided to take direct action against technology giants as part of the escalating trade dispute with Canada. According to the US miniDoug Burgum's party, the president personally contacted the company's representatives Apple with a very specific request. He wants Apple in your navigation app Apple Maps officially renamed the smallest of the five North American Great Lakes, Lake Ontario, to "Lake America."
The trade war is gaining momentum
The seemingly unusual move is a direct result of the escalating trade war between the United States and Canada. President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to unilaterally rename a body of water shared by the two countries. The main motive is the mutual tariff barriers imposed on billions of dollars worth of goods that the two countries have recently imposed on each other.
MiniInterior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed in an interview with Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria" that the White House is pushing for the immediate implementation of this geographic change to the digital world. According to Burgum, there has been direct communication between the president and representatives Applu, and ministr expects that the map data will be adjusted very soon.
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Jiří Filip Google has already listened, Apple has precedent from the past
While the apple company changed its Apple Maps has not yet implemented it, the competition has already reacted. Following the president's executive order from last week, Google managed to mark it in the application Google Maps for American users to promptly adjust.
if Apple If the president's request is granted, it won't be his first time. For the creators of the iPhones, such a modification is not a premiere. In the recent past, Apple He complied with a similar political mandate when, after issuing another executive order, he changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on his maps for the local market. It can therefore be assumed that this time too Apple will sooner or later comply with pressure from Washington.
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Personally, I don't care what things are called, the important thing is what their strength is.
I think that Trump only wants to screw someone up with this... The lake will also remain the same, whether it will be called one way or another.