President Trump Says He Asked Google to Rename the Atlantic Ocean

President Donald Trump told supporters at a South Carolina rally that he had called Google CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss changing the name of the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps. Trump said he asked the executive about renaming the ocean after himself or the United States. According to Trump, Pichai replied that the request could not be accommodated because oceans span many countries. The president later indicated he would keep the existing name. The comment referenced a previous change in which Trump renamed Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on Google Maps, a label that also appears for the Gulf of Mexico. Trump has also floated the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz on social media.

"No, no, no. This time I’m not doing it. Oceans are different, sir. They cover a lot of countries. Please don’t ask us to do that," a statement attributed to Sundar Pichai in Trump's account.

"Should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!" Trump wrote on social media.