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Politics● LowOct 22 · Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 PM

Trump says he called Google’s CEO to rename the Atlantic Ocean

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

President Trump said Wednesday he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to rename the Atlantic Ocean on the company’s Google Maps application, a request the tech executive denied. “We seriously looked at the Atlantic Ocean,” Trump said during a rally in Clemson, S.C. The president then praised Google Maps for changing the respective names of the…

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