Trump suggests ‘Ocean of Americas’ as new name for Atlantic or Pacific
Trump said he may rename the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean as the Trump Ocean or Ocean of the Americas, extending his broader geographic rebranding push.
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President Trump toys with renaming Atlantic and Pacific ‘Trump Ocean’
President Donald Trump tested the waters on the possibility of renaming both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans after himself during a rally on Saturday, marking his latest attempt to make his mark on the map.
President Donald Trump suggested Saturday, during an election rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, that his or the United States' name be given to one of the two oceans that border the country, reports BFMTV.
The president looks to the Pacific or the Atlantic, he would also like a river (ANSA)
On Saturday, October 10, at a meeting in Clarksville, Tennessee, the President of the United States suggested renaming one of the two oceans to his name, or that of his country.
US President Donald Trump has said he is considering renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans as the 'Trump Ocean' or the 'Ocean of the Americas'. This is not the first such initiative by Trump, who unilaterally renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of the Americas last year.
Donald Trump suggested that the U.S. could rename several other bodies of water, such as the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, and he made a joke about "Okean Trump" among the possible names.
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