Trump says Google's CEO rejected his plan to change the Atlantic's name to the 'Trump Ocean'
President Donald Trump stated that he considered renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to the 'Trump Ocean' but abandoned the idea after Google CEO Sundar Pichai rejected the request. Trump noted that Google had previously complied with requests to rename geographic features like the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America' on their maps.
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The story highlights the intersection of executive power, corporate influence over digital infrastructure, and the role of private tech companies in shaping public perception of geography.
After changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, Trump has set his sights on a bigger body of water. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai said no Trump asked him to rename the Atlantic Ocean, the president said. Trump has floated the idea of renaming either the Atlantic or the Pacific to the "Trump Ocean." Earlier this year, he issued orders to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. President Donald Trump's plan to rename the Atlantic Ocean hit choppy waters when he took it to Google. At a Wednesday rally in South Carolina, Trump said he considered putting his name or "America" on one of the two oceans that flank the US: the Atlantic and the Pacific. "I’m not going to put either Trump or America on any other ocean but these two," he told the crowd.
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