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I don't know which is worse. That he is a twat, or that Google think their renaming something on their maps actually means anything (as he obviously does).

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They've caved to him before so why not keep going? That's how he works.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Only in the US.. Fairly sure they didn't do anything internationally. Sounds like they did the bare minimum

[–] mouserat@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They added the bullshit names in parentheses - as if anyone would actually use them anywhere else in the world.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

The Slumlord Sea

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

The wikipedia page for Lake Ontario doesn't even mention the nonsense about renaming it

[–] keylemmypie@reddthat.com 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Gulf of Mexico? Atlantic is only a bigger version of that (that touches more countries)

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Happy to call it the Mexican ocean..

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

This is distraction propaganda. Ifnore it and instead note that that his deployment of national guard has been rules as unlawful, a shit ton of people are finding out their citizenship has been revoked, hormuz is a fucking mess, oil prices spiked again, they’re trying to make it actively illegal and punishable by law to medically treat non-citizens, they just ruled that detained migrants have literally zero rights to anything, they’re actively trying to crucify Ilhan Omar as a political act to establish precedent, among others.

This is nothing, treat it as such. Nobody is immune to propaganda.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

I heard today about a Canadian woman who had been living in the Untied States for 14 years, died because she was afraid to seek medical treatment.

I also heard about a 51 year old man who only just found out that he's not a citizen, he was adopted when he was a baby and lived in the Untied States all his life. Seems a sane and rational country would just make him a citizen at this point

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Earth? You must mean Trump. You see, the Trump orbits the Trump once every 365 Trumps. I happen to live in the United Trump of Trumps. I live in the state of Trump on the little island of Trump in the city of Trump. Trump Trump Trump, Trump Trump Trump!

[–] joeschmoe@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

America, america america america america. Trump trump trump trump trump trump.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

simma down now racist smurf... I kid, I kid....

does give me flashbacks to my neighbors though, have an upvote anyway

[–] starik@lemmy.today 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is one instance where Trump is not to blame. It’s a perfectly reasonable request in light of Google’s capitulation on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Who knew a rapist would keep pushing past boundaries that other people would not cross? How could anyone have known!

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Distract him from stealing the election by giving him suggestions for other things to rename. He clearly has no idea that like 80% of place names in America are either named for foreign things or indigenous things

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Fuck off, Krasnov.

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Anything to keep distracting from the files.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

His dementia is in free fall. Watch him speak today, then watch him speak during his first term, when he already had undeniable signs. He's fucking gone. Any one of us would be in a home if we were this bad off.

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

The amount of time he spends talking about men's asses these days is wild.

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[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Lake Ontario, along with other lakes touches multiple countries... Google had no problem there 😉. In reality Americans are free to use whatever names they feel like for anything in the world, just like with the empirial measurement system but don't count on others to know WTF you talk about when you open your mouth.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 15 hours ago

So does the Gulf of MEXICO.

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[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Here's a userscript that renames Trump on every website you visit into a random humorous insult

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

My Dad says Trump's real name is Shithead

[–] core@leminal.space 99 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Google says they can't do it because it borders multiple countries. Didn't stop them from changing the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

To be fair, that’s what Trump says Google said. Even odds the entire conversation only happened in his mind.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, whatever excuse keeps the toddler in chief pacified for a bit.

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

So glad I de googled now. The impending doom that company to be ever taken seriously again is gonna be sad days for a lot of ppl who hopefully learn a bit more executive function in their life.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You can't name the Atlantic ocean "Trump Ocean", it will be confusing because "Trump Ocean" already has a meaning: it's the liquid in a wastewater aeration tank.

It's ok that you didn't know about it, given that I just named it.

[–] teutotina@feddit.org 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Trump told supporters at Wednesday's rally in South Carolina that he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to suggest renaming either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean the “Trump Ocean,” but was told it could not because oceans span numerous countries.

Unlike gulfes or lakes.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but that's just Mexico and Canada, and who cares about them?? /s

[–] Denfa@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is anyone paying attention anymore?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Not enough people

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 112 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He just keeps escalating demands until he's stopped.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you read the article text, he's telling people at a rally that he asked Google's CEO to do it and they said no.

Now, I'd take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt, as he's pretty flagrantly lied in the past, but even if taken at face value, he's saying that his request didn't go through.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Now, I’d take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt,

Doesn't really apply in this case. Either option, 1) Trump asked or 2) Trump lies about asking, are pretty much equally bad. Trump is proven unfit to manage a McDonalds in either case.

Now Trump claiming someone else said is always worthy of skepticism. Especially when it is someone not aligned with Trump.

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[–] emmy5482@quokk.au 20 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the behaviour of a very public rapist

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Sigh

Can we please put an adult in charge?

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't hate many people.

But I absolutely hate this motherfucker.

[–] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

What a pathetic human. I wonder if he's ever even touched the Atlantic.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 15 points 23 hours ago

The man wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to downgrade his sex trafficing to domestic.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 10 points 22 hours ago

Let’s rename Google to “Complicit”

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 7 points 21 hours ago

Oh, please do it for good. I want Americans to remember for decades who they allowed to handle their economy and nuclear codes. Please rename your Constitution and the Bible, too, so your representatives pledge their loyalty on the name of Trump.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I hope The Onion doesn't go bankrupt because of Trump, since they can't even get a satirical article made because everything real is currently on the level of satire

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[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

pedo troll say what

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

ignorant self centered fuck only deserves his name on a headstone

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