Trump says he called Google’s CEO to rename the Atlantic Ocean
President Trump said Wednesday he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to rename the Atlantic Ocean on the company’s Google Maps application, a request the tech executive denied. “We seriously looked at the Atlantic Ocean,” Trump said during a rally in Clemson, S.C. The president then praised Google Maps for changing the respective names of the...
In South Carolina, President Donald Trump claimed he had spoken with Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, to propose renaming the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean. Trump had already managed to get Google Maps to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Lake Ontario to Lake America. According to Trump, he called Google Maps, which he described as "really great with the lake," to discuss his request to rename the body of water.
Pichai was reportedly rattled by Trump's attempt to rename the Gulf, leading Trump to call Pichai directly to discuss the Atlantic Ocean. Trump insisted that renaming the Atlantic Ocean was possible, but Pichai reportedly disagreed, stating that oceans cover many countries and are different from lakes and gulf. Trump acknowledged that he "probably" won't push for the name change after his conversation with Pichai. Google has not confirmed the call between Trump and Pichai.
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