The proposals follow efforts by the president to change the names of Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico. Trump told the rally crowd that the U.S. needs to add a river and an ocean to the nation's geographic nomenclature, though he has not yet detailed a formal plan to implement the renaming.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Trump Proposes Renaming Atlantic or Pacific 'Trump Ocean'
US Politics10 days ago
Donald Trump suggested he might change the name of one of the world's largest oceans during a campaign appearance in Clarksville, Tennessee. He proposed rebranding either the Atlantic or Pacific as 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas,' noting that the United States currently lacks a river and an ocean named after its leader despite already having a gulf and a lake.
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