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Trump says he asked Google to rename the Atlantic Ocean

Original: President Trump says he called Google's CEO to rename the Atlantic Ocean

US President Donald Trump says he telephoned Google's chief executive to ask that the Atlantic Ocean be renamed, an announcement that has circulated widely across news outlets. The claim, which Google has not publicly confirmed, adds to a series of recent efforts by the president to change official names of places and institutions, prompting debate over presidential authority over geographic naming conventions.

Why now: The sheer strangeness of a US president calling to rename an entire ocean is drawing widespread attention and mockery online

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