Trump suggests ‘Ocean of Americas’ as new name for Atlantic or Pacific
Trump also floated renaming a river and said no formal plan was set, while federal agencies have already adopted two other geographic name changes.
- At a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee on Saturday, President Donald Trump proposed renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean as "Trump Ocean" or "Ocean of the Americas."
- The proposal follows executive orders from January 2025 and August 2026 directing U.S. federal agencies to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" and Lake Ontario as "Lake America."
- Trump also suggested rebranding the Strait of Hormuz as the "Trump Strait," stating he wants a major river and an ocean renamed before leaving the White House.
- Although Trump expressed clear intent, he announced no formal plan, and U.S. executive orders regarding geographic names apply only to federal records rather than international standards.
- International acceptance remains unlikely, as the Atlantic and Pacific border numerous countries that maintain established names, and previous renaming attempts drew criticism from foreign leaders like Canada's Premier Doug Ford.
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The Independent (US)Trump suggests new name for Pacific or Atlantic Oceans
Donald Trump has joked about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean "Trump Ocean" or "Ocean of the Americas”. Speaking at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday (10 October), the US president suggested adding his name to one of the major landmarks of water. “We've got the gulf. We've got a beautiful lake,” Trump said. “We need an ocean. So I was thinking, if either the Atlantic or the Pacific, we call it Trump Ocean or Ocean of …
The president of the United States also suggested giving his name to a large river, but ruled out doing so with the Hudson or the Mississippi.
U.S. President Donald Trump took the initiative to rename the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean as "Okean America" or to name it after him. American leader at a meeting in Tennessee said that he needed to rename one of the oceans, wrote The Washington Post. "We call it "Okean Trump" or, or, or "Okean America", something like that," said Trump, laughing and applause to the audience. He stressed that the US needed "his own ocean and a great river." The Pr…
During a speech supporting Republican candidates for the November 3rd midterm elections, US President Donald Trump mentioned his plan to rename the Strait of Hormuz the "Trump Strait."
US President Donald Trump is proposing that the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean be renamed "Trump Ocean" or "America's Ocean".
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