Trump says Google refused his request to rename Atlantic the ‘American Ocean’

WorldPolitics
22 Oct 2026 • 6:40 PM MYT
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Trump says Google refused his request to rename Atlantic the ‘American Ocean’

Donald Trump has claimed that Google has turned down his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean the “American Ocean.”

The US president told supporters at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday (21 October) that the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, had refused his suggestion.

Trump says he called Pichai, who told him, "Oceans are different, sir. You know, they cover, they cover a lot of, they cover really a lot of countries."

"So I'll probably pass... I think let's keep it the Atlantic Ocean, right? Pacific Ocean, we're gonna call it the American Ocean,” Trump added.

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