Trump Asked Google To Rename Atlantic Ocean ‘Trump Ocean’
Summary
President Donald Trump said he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to “Trump Ocean,” but Google refused because oceans touch many countries. This follows Trump's efforts to rename some U.S.-related geographic features like the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario for official U.S. use.Key Facts
- President Trump claimed he asked Google to rename the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to “Trump Ocean.”
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly declined, saying oceans cover many countries and can’t be renamed so easily.
- Trump previously signed orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. federal use.
- Google updated its maps to reflect those U.S.-only name changes but did not change names for users outside the U.S.
- Trump also suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait.”
- Name changes made by the U.S. government do not automatically get accepted internationally.
- Google says it follows official government sources for map name changes.
- Newsweek reached out to Google and the White House for comments, but there were no official confirmations of the conversation with Trump.
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