President Donald Trump called Google to rename the Atlantic Ocean — at least according to the not always reliable recollection of Donald Trump.
During one of his typical off-script anecdotes while addressing his supporters at a South Carolina rally Wednesday, Trump recalled his attempt to convince the tech titan’s CEO Sundar Pichai to carry out his geographical whim. At the time, renaming the ocean “either Trump or America” was something that Trump said his administration was “seriously” considering.
“I called Google Maps,” Trump told the crowd. “I said, ‘Sundar, I’m thinking of the Atlantic Ocean, can you handle it?’”
Pichai, whom Trump described as “still rattled from the Gulf,” wouldn’t even entertain the idea.
