

Genuine answer is likely that it’s not intended to be permanent. It’s designed to make him look good when ultimately removed and secure some support for conservative talking points around stopping drugs and immigration across the borders.
It also distracts from the major damage they’re doing internally to the government via OPM which is much more difficult to reverse.
Amap doesn’t support English unfortunately. Neither does Baidu. So it’s about as useful in the US as Google Maps is in China.
Edit: Apparently as of late January 2025 it supports English. This is SO USEFUL for foreigners visiting China, it was so annoying to navigate before without being able to read Chinese characters.