Trump said he called Google to rename ‘Pacific Ocean’ to ‘Trump Ocean’
Speaking at an event recently, Trump revealed that he called Google Maps and asked to rename the Atlantic Ocean. This comes months after Google renamed ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ in the US following an executive order signed by Trump.
He said that Google CEO Sundar Pichai replied to his proposal saying: “No, no, no. Pichai said, “Oceans are different, sir, according to Trump. Those in the US will only see the new name, which is ‘Lake of America’, according to Google.
This time I’m not doing it. They cover a lot of countries. Please don’t ask us to do that. After an executive order, Google posted a brief update on its Google Maps blog, noting that it follows the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for its maps. This primarily means that the company has to rename Lake Ontario in Google Maps. Google’s update on the name change also made it clear that the change will be only for Google Map users in the US. Meanwhile, Canadians will continue to see the ‘Lake Ontario’ label. In the rest of the world, Lake Ontario will take precedence, but Lake America will also be there in parentheses. Apple followed the suit renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America on Maps for US users.
President Trump, who floated the idea of renaming ‘Atlantic Ocean’ to ‘Trump Ocean’ earlier this month, has once again raised the possibility of renaming the ocean.