Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/gettyimages-2276602257.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After renaming <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/986527/google-capitulates-in-trumps-attempt-to-rename-lake-ontario">Lake Ontario</a> and the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/609772/google-maps-gulf-of-america-rename-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> on Google Maps following Trump's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/985747/trump-signs-executive-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-america">executive</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/">orders</a>, Google CEO Sundar Pichai might be drawing the line at the Atlantic Ocean. As reported earlier by the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/22/trump-says-he-called-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-discuss-renaming-atlantic-ocean/"><em>Washington Post</em></a>, Trump said at <a href="https://youtu.be/m665DRu8Wtk?si=qHZWDZpXvYytwNOh&amp;t=2370">a Wednesday night rally</a> that he would "probably pass" on renaming the Atlantic after he contacted Pichai about it, to which Pichai allegedly replied, "Please don't ask us to do that."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump claimed Pichai said, "No, no, no. This time, I'm not doing it," adding "Oceans are different, sir." <em>The Verge</em> reached out to Google for comment, but didn't immediately get a response. Apple has joined Google in <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987784/apple-maps-lake-america-renaming">making Trump' …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1016751/trump-rename-atlantic-ocean-sundar-pichai-google">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>