WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has claimed that Google rejected his suggestion to rename the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean,” saying the company’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, explained that such a change could not be made because oceans extend across multiple countries.
According to media reports, Trump said he approached Pichai to ask whether Google could change the Atlantic Ocean’s name on its mapping services.
The US president claimed that Pichai declined the proposal, explaining that oceans differ from geographical features located within a single country’s jurisdiction because they extend across international boundaries.
Following the reported exchange, Trump indicated that he would probably abandon the idea of renaming the Atlantic Ocean.
However, he also jokingly suggested that the Pacific Ocean could be renamed the “American Ocean.”
The reported conversation comes amid Trump’s broader interest in changing the names of geographical locations.
Google Maps previously adopted the name “Gulf of America” for users in the United States following a Trump administration directive concerning the Gulf of Mexico.
The supplied report also claims that Google Maps began displaying Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for American users in 2026.
The latest remarks have renewed attention to the relationship between government naming decisions and the geographical labels displayed by major technology platforms.
However, Trump’s account of the conversation with Pichai has not been independently confirmed, and Google has not been quoted in the supplied report as issuing a public statement on the alleged request.