Trump says Google kisses his ass

<figure> <img alt="President Donald Trump wearing a Make America Great Again hat" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Cath Virginia | The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/STK175_DONALD_TRUMP_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">During a rally on Saturday, October 17th, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Donald Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/17/trump-touts-his-power-at-kentucky-rally-ahead-of-midterms.html">bragged</a> about how much more powerful and influential he was during his second term. While listing off his accomplishments, he mentioned his decision to rename the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/609772/google-maps-gulf-of-america-rename-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/986527/google-capitulates-in-trumps-attempt-to-rename-lake-ontario">Lake Ontario</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"This is a much more powerful term. I can do stuff that's unbelievable … I called Google, Google Maps. See, Google wouldn't have taken my call in the first term. Now they kiss my ass."</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-threads wp-block-embed-threads"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="iframely-embed"><div class="iframely-responsive"><a href="https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DemxaXXiWru?xmt=AQG0Ner8CgtNLkC3sx5cGPWz_4oPSolO_NzaEjoQQ1JXk9p42TZPc3MomJbS1XgtG4y7u5s" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.net/api/iframe?maxheight=750&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threads.com%2Fshare%2FF55W4tzpV%2F&amp;key=a95589c51263af39f0de8ef8737db4f3"></a></div></div> </div></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump seems to be implying that he convinced Google to reflect the name change personally. That would seem to contradict <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/gnis-lake-ontario-lake-america-name-change/">Google's statement</a> on the matter, in which it said that …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1013485/trump-google-kiss-my-ass">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>