Trump says Google turned down his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean
Trump said at a South Carolina rally that Google CEO Sundar Pichai rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps.
President Trump said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps. He spoke at a rally on Wednesday. The Hill places the rally in Clemson, S.C.
The Guardian reports Trump said he phoned Google CEO Sundar Pichai to ask if the company could "handle" the change. The Guardian says the new name would have been for himself or for America. Trump said Google said no. The Hill reports Pichai denied the request.
"We seriously looked at the Atlantic Ocean," Trump said, according to The Hill. The Verge, citing an earlier Washington Post report, says he told the crowd he would "probably pass" on the idea after contacting Pichai.
The Guardian reports Google earlier changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for U.S. users of Google Maps, as Trump had demanded. The Verge says Google Maps also renamed Lake Ontario, following Trump's executive orders. The Hill says Trump praised Google Maps for name changes at the rally.
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- The VergeTrump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic OceanThu, Oct 22, 12:00 PM EDT
- The HillTrump says he called Google’s CEO to rename the Atlantic OceanThu, Oct 22, 12:33 PM EDT
- The GuardianTrump says he asked Google CEO to rename Atlantic Ocean on MapsThu, Oct 22, 1:27 PM EDT
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- Thu, Oct 22, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 outlets: Trump says he asked Google's CEO about renaming the Atlantic Ocean