Trump said at a rally on Saturday that the Atlantic or the Pacific could be renamed \u201cTrump Ocean.\u201d Critics online say the idea won\u2019t last past his time in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday, Trump suggested renaming either the Atlantic or the Pacific \u201cTrump Ocean\u201d or \u201cOcean of the Americas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got the gulf. We\u2019ve got a beautiful lake. Now, somebody said, you need a river,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a river. We need an ocean. We\u2019ll call it \u2018Trump Ocean\u2019 or \u2018Ocean of the Americas,\u2019 something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBefore I get out, I think we should have an ocean. And we need a great river,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A gulf, a lake and a \u2018no\u2019 from a state<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has taken a liking to renaming things during his second term. He previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. He has also floated renaming New Mexico \u201cNew America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. The state\u2019s governor, however, dismissed the idea right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In August, after trade talks with Canada broke down, he signed an order renaming Lake Ontario \u201cLake America.\u201d Canada doesn\u2019t have to accept the name, Google and Apple maps already show \u201cLake America,\u201d although only to users in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile Canada is doing some renaming of their own. Ottawa City Council voted unanimously in August to take the first step toward renaming Trump Avenue, a residential street that has carried his name for about 25 years. \u201cTaco Avenue,\u201d a reference to the online acronym \u201cTrump Always Chickens Out,\u201d is among the suggestions and one of the front-runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The renamings won\u2019t come for free<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mayor of Oswego, New York, has said updating signs and maps for Lake America would cost his city of 17,000 \u201cseveral thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New names don\u2019t always last either. In May, a federal judge ruled that Trump\u2019s rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the \u201cTrump Kennedy Center\u201d was illegal. \u201cCongress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,\u201d the judge wrote. Crews took Trump\u2019s name off the building in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People online react to \u201cTrump Ocean\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrump Ocean\u201d has most people thinknig it won\u2019t last either, and instead the next president will change the names back. \u201cHe does understand the next President will reverse ALL these renamings\u2026\u201d one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others joked about it. \u201c\u2026on the newly renamed Planet Trump?\u201d one asked, with another writing: \u201cFrom \u2018Pacific\u2019 to \u2018Antagonistic?\u2019\u201d and a third person even referenced the Reflecting pool fiasco from this summer by writing: \u201cSomebody tell him that you can\u2019t repaint the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reactions point to a broader difference between suggesting a name and making that name endure. Public usage depends on more than a single announcement. A proposal can generate immediate attention while leaving unresolved questions about acceptance, practical changes, and whether later decision-makers will retain it. Those questions are why the debate has extended beyond the phrase itself to the lasting effect of renaming a familiar place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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