Trump says Google refused to rename the Atlantic Ocean
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Donald Trump says he asked Google to rename the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean”, but chief executive Sundar Pichai refused. The US president recounted the attempt at a rally in Georgia on 16 October 2026, according to La Nouvelle Tribune, after referring to other geographical renamings.
Donald Trump said on 16 October at a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, that he had asked Google to rename the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean”. The US president said Google chief executive Sundar Pichai had refused his request, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
According to Trump’s account, Pichai told him that oceans span several countries and that he could not comply with the request. The president concluded that the name Atlantic Ocean should probably be kept.
Trump had already renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” by executive order in 2025, and Lake Ontario “Lake America” in August 2026. Google had then said that users in the United States would see the name “Gulf of America”, while users in Mexico would continue to see “Gulf of Mexico”.
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