‘Trump Ocean’ on the map? US president jokes about renaming Atlantic or Pacific
During a campaign rally in Tennessee, US President Donald Trump jokingly suggested renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas.' The remarks referenced his previous executive actions regarding geographic naming conventions, such as his attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico and his reversal of the name change for Denali.
Why it matters
The comments highlight the intersection of political rhetoric and nationalistic branding, reflecting a broader pattern of using executive authority to influence geographic nomenclature for symbolic purposes.
US President Donald Trump joked about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean as “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas” during a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday.Referring to the earlier renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Trump said the United States needed an ocean and a major river to rename.“So we’ve got the Gulf, we’ve got a beautiful lake,” Trump said. “So we need a river, we need an ocean, so I was thinking of either the Atlantic or the Pacific, we'd call it Trump Ocean or Ocean of the Americas, something like that.”Last year, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
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