Google apparently draws the line at letting Trump rename an ocean
At a recent rally in South Carolina, President Donald Trump said that he spoke to the CEO of Google about renaming the Atlantic Ocean, but he was told it couldn't be done because "oceans are different."
At a rally in South Carolina ahead of the midterms, President Donald Trump advocated for renaming the Atlantic Ocean, prompting Google to decline the request. During the speech, Trump referenced altering the names of a gulf, a lake, rivers, and later, both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. However, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, blocked the attempt to rename the Atlantic Ocean.
The President's previous actions included renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a change Google Maps subsequently adopted. Trump also mentioned attempting to rename Lake Ontario and pondering over the possibility of renaming the Hudson River and the Mississippi River, though he had not yet decided on his next target.
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