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Trump says he asked Google Maps to rename Atlantic Ocean (www.rte.ie)

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"I said, 'Sundar, I'm thinking of the Atlantic Ocean. Can you handle it?'

"'No, no, no, this time I'm not doing it,' he said, 'Oceans are different, sir. They cover a lot of - really a lot of countries. Please don't ask us to do that.'"

The US president later said he would "probably pass" and keep the name Atlantic, before saying, "We're going to call it the American Ocean".

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[–] Cellery@quokk.au 3 points 2 hours ago

The departments really need to coordinate. Are they trying to get him killed or trying to overthrow the country. Or both!