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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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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Any body of water named Trump better have a handle to flush.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oh don't worry. Sooner or later Trump will have a public toilet with his name on it, like the Thatcher one

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 18 hours ago

Both toilets in our house will have plaques.

What else are 3D printers for?