Trump Says Alphabet Rejected Request to Rename Atlantic Ocean
2026-10-23 · 3 min read · AlphaGBM
At a glance
According to a Global Times report citing The Hill, US President Donald Trump said at a rally in South Carolina on the 21st local time that he had asked Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to change the name of the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps, but Pichai declined. Trump said he would probably abandon the idea and leave the ocean’s name unchanged. Alphabet had not responded by the time the report was published. The report also noted that Google had previously displayed different old and new names for Lake Ontario depending on users’ locations, based on the US Geographic Names Information System.
Summary
According to a Global Times report citing The Hill, US President Donald Trump said at a rally in South Carolina on the 21st local time that he had asked Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to change the name of the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps, but Pichai declined. Trump said he would probably abandon the idea and leave the ocean’s name unchanged. Alphabet had not responded by the time the report was published. The report also noted that Google had previously displayed different old and new names for Lake Ontario depending on users’ locations, based on the US Geographic Names Information System.