Donald Trump claims Google rejected his idea to rename an ocean “Trump Ocean,” following earlier efforts to rename major geographical landmarks.
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US President Donald Trump has claimed that Google rejected his suggestion to rename either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean the “Trump Ocean,” telling supporters at a campaign rally in Georgia that the company refused to extend his previous geographical renaming efforts to the world’s oceans.
Speaking on Friday, Trump recounted an alleged exchange with representatives of the technology giant, claiming they told him that oceans were different because they covered multiple countries and could not be renamed in the same way as locations within the United States.
According to Trump, he had sent Google a map labelled “Trump Ocean,” but the company declined to adopt the proposed name. He quoted representatives as saying that the idea could not be implemented because oceans extend across many countries.
Trump said he had been joking about the proposal, although he added that it was not the worst idea he had ever considered. However, it remained unclear whether the conversation with Google had actually taken place, as no independent confirmation of the alleged exchange was provided in the report.
The remarks follow Trump’s earlier efforts to change the names of geographical locations. In 2025, he issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” Google Maps subsequently reflected the new name for users in the United States.
In August 2026, Trump also renamed Lake Ontario, which lies along the US-Canadian border, as “Lake America,” according to the report. Google Maps adopted the updated designation for users in the United States.
Trump has repeatedly raised the possibility of renaming major bodies of water and strategic geographical locations. He has also floated the idea of calling the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait,” reportedly as a way to provoke Iran amid the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran.
Unlike geographical names located within a single country, international waterways and oceans involve multiple nations and established naming conventions. Any proposed change to their internationally recognized names would therefore raise questions about international acceptance and geographical standards.
Trump’s latest comments have drawn attention to his continuing interest in renaming prominent geographical features after America or himself. Nevertheless, the reported “Trump Ocean” proposal remains an unconfirmed account of his remarks, rather than an officially adopted geographical name.
