Trump wanted a ‘Trump Ocean’ on Google Maps. He says CEO Sundar Pichai shut it down
After relabeling the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario for U.S. users, Google has reportedly balked at an ocean. A shared ocean is a different legal animal.
President Donald Trump expressed interest in renaming the Atlantic Ocean as the "Trump Ocean" during a rally in Pendleton, South Carolina. According to Trump, Google CEO Sundar Pichai initially rejected the proposal, stating that oceans are international and suggesting that Trump refrain from asking about such a move. Trump later mentioned a similar attempt to rename the Pacific Ocean as the "American Ocean," also met with Pichai who said, "We’ve had it. That’s enough. We’re not doing it anymore."
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