Google says they can't do it because it borders multiple countries. Didn't stop them from changing the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
Google didn't say anything
Trump claimed Sundar said things, and you implicitly trust him
What made you assume Trump is telling the truth accurately? What in his political career gave you that trust in him?
Google lies.
He just keeps escalating demands until he's stopped.
If you read the article text, he's telling people at a rally that he asked Google's CEO to do it and they said no.
Now, I'd take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt, as he's pretty flagrantly lied in the past, but even if taken at face value, he's saying that his request didn't go through.
First he asks, then he posts on social media and then makes an executive order.
Sounds like the behaviour of a very public rapist
They've caved to him before so why not keep going? That's how he works.
Only in the US.. Fairly sure they didn't do anything internationally. Sounds like they did the bare minimum
They added the bullshit names in parentheses - as if anyone would actually use them anywhere else in the world. 
May need it so you know wtf someone's talking about when talking to a Trump supporter and they're talking about the Golf von Amerika, formerly known as Rabbit von Amerika
Earth? You must mean Trump. You see, the Trump orbits the Trump once every 365 Trumps. I happen to live in the United Trump of Trumps. I live in the state of Trump on the little island of Trump in the city of Trump. Trump Trump Trump, Trump Trump Trump!
It can all be a little bit confusing at times. That's why I started playing the Trumpet, as a hobby, as that was the one musical Trump that didn't need to be renamed. Besides that, watching a lot of The Smurfs, I mean, The Trumps, has also helped to better "grok" this brave new language. I mean, this brave new Trump.
America, america america america america. Trump trump trump trump trump trump.
This is distraction propaganda. Ifnore it and instead note that that his deployment of national guard has been rules as unlawful, a shit ton of people are finding out their citizenship has been revoked, hormuz is a fucking mess, oil prices spiked again, they’re trying to make it actively illegal and punishable by law to medically treat non-citizens, they just ruled that detained migrants have literally zero rights to anything, they’re actively trying to crucify Ilhan Omar as a political act to establish precedent, among others.
This is nothing, treat it as such. Nobody is immune to propaganda.
His dementia is in free fall. Watch him speak today, then watch him speak during his first term, when he already had undeniable signs. He's fucking gone. Any one of us would be in a home if we were this bad off.
Trump told supporters at Wednesday's rally in South Carolina that he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to suggest renaming either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean the “Trump Ocean,” but was told it could not because oceans span numerous countries.
Unlike gulfes or lakes.
Yeah, but that's just Mexico and Canada, and who cares about them?? /s
Anything to keep distracting from the files.
I don't hate many people.
But I absolutely hate this motherfucker.
He earned it!
Lake Ontario, along with other lakes touches multiple countries... Google had no problem there 😉. In reality Americans are free to use whatever names they feel like for anything in the world, just like with the empirial measurement system but don't count on others to know WTF you talk about when you open your mouth.
So does the Gulf of MEXICO.
This is one instance where Trump is not to blame. It’s a perfectly reasonable request in light of Google’s capitulation on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
Who knew a rapist would keep pushing past boundaries that other people would not cross? How could anyone have known!
pedo troll say what
I hope The Onion doesn't go bankrupt because of Trump, since they can't even get a satirical article made because everything real is currently on the level of satire
You can't name the Atlantic ocean "Trump Ocean", it will be confusing because "Trump Ocean" already has a meaning: it's the liquid in a wastewater aeration tank.
It's ok that you didn't know about it, given that I just named it.
The man wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to downgrade his sex trafficing to domestic.
Newsweek isn't a reliable source, in particular not as a single source. Be wary.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-atlantic-ocean-rename-google
Reliable or not, the Orange himself bragged about it few days ago
... I am yelling at people to do their due diligence, not doubt fact.
Using outlets that report non factually when they do will build trust for when they misinform.
Sigh
Can we please put an adult in charge?
"The Atlantic borders other countries"???
And the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario don't...?
I think we should name way more things after him: The Donald J. Trump Dump and the Donald J. Trump-Chicken Farm. Trump-Diarrhea though this might also be the Robert F. Kennedy Diarrhea. A Ship being hit with a mine shall be known as a Trump-Maneuver. Going bankrupt is just "Trumping".
Still don't understand why it's called the Iran War and not the Trump war.
So as not to distract from the Trump Files.
'Trumping' already means 'breaking wind' in the uk.
Let’s rename Google to “Complicit”
That's what you get for bowing to trump on Lake Ontario and the Mexican Golf. The orange turd will assume he can ask you to do anything for him.
Here's a userscript that renames Trump on every website you visit into a random humorous insult
Oh, please do it for good. I want Americans to remember for decades who they allowed to handle their economy and nuclear codes. Please rename your Constitution and the Bible, too, so your representatives pledge their loyalty on the name of Trump.
So glad I de googled now. The impending doom that company to be ever taken seriously again is gonna be sad days for a lot of ppl who hopefully learn a bit more executive function in their life.
And he still hasn't been introduced to a guillotine?
Oh that's nothing. Wait until he "renames" earth to "trump" or some dumbass shit.
Fuck off, Krasnov.
When Google and Apple immediately rolled over on command and changed the last two names (Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario) they had to know this would only encourage him and lead to things like this.
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