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Across the United States, Americans are worried about a multitude of major challenges.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he called Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, one of the biggest tech companies on the planet, to discuss a pressing issue that’s been on his mind: Changing the name of the Atlantic Ocean.
At a rally in South Carolina, Trump shared that after successfully getting Google Maps to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Lake Ontario to Lake America, he tried to pressure the tech giant to do the same for the Atlantic Ocean.
“We have a lake and we have a gulf, now we need a river and we need an ocean,” Trump said at the rally, as reported by the Washington Post.
Trump said that he “called Google Maps,” which he described as “really great with the lake” regarding his prior requests.
“They’re still rattled from the Gulf,” Trump said, adding that he called Pichai because he wanted to see if Google would be up to changing the name of the Atlantic Ocean too.
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“Sundar, I’m thinking of the Atlantic Ocean,” Trump claimed he said in the call.
However, it seems that renaming the Atlantic Ocean as the American Ocean was one step too far for Google, which has previously kowtowed to Trump’s geographical demands. (Google’s previous Google Maps changes only appear for U.S. visitors to the platform)
“No, no, no. This time, I’m not doing it,” Pichai said, according to Trump’s version of events. “Please don’t ask us to do that.”
According to Trump, Pichai’s reasoning was that “oceans are different” because they “cover a lot of countries.”
After the call, Trump said he’d “probably pass” on renaming the Atlantic Ocean after his call with Google. The tech giant has yet to confirm the call with the president occurred.
“I think let’s keep it the Atlantic Ocean, right?” Trump told rallygoers, before turning his attention to the West Coast.
“Pacific Ocean,” Trump added. “We’re going to call it the American Ocean.”
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