Sundar Pichai (allegedly) draws the line at oceans

President Trump declared that the Google CEO declined to relabel the Atlantic Ocean in Maps.

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Capitulating to a bully may look like a great concept in the short-term. Do it when, and you’ve shown that you’ll give in to an intensifying series of needs. Take Google. The business, which calmed Trump by relabeling the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario in Google Maps, has (apparently) needed to field a call about relabeling the Atlantic Ocean.

That’s the situation President Trump stated at a rally on Wednesday in South Carolina. He stated he called Google CEO Sundar Pichai to ask whether Google Maps might “handle” a brand-new name for the Atlantic. The president stated he ‘d weighed whether to utilize “Trump” or “America” on either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. Pichai’s action was, apparently, “Please don’t ask us to do that.”

According to Trump, Google’s compliance lastly struck a limitation. “No, no, no, this time I’m not doing it,” Trump estimated the CEO as stating. “Oceans are different, sir.” The mentioned reasoning was that oceans “cover a lot of countries.” Naturally, the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario likewise touch more than one nation: 3 for the previous and 2 for the latter.

Trump stated he ‘d “probably pass” on the Atlantic. He likewise drifted relabeling the Pacific Ocean “the American Ocean” rather.

Google didn’t stumble into this. In early 2025, it relabeled the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” for United States users following Trump’s executive order. This August, it did the exact same to Lake Ontario in the United States, which now checks out as “Lake America.” In both cases, Apple did the same. It’s significantly clear simply how low Big Tech will stoop when tariff exemptions, regulative favors and federal government agreements are on the line.

Inflation is increasinggas is at $4.27 a gallon and diesel is at $6.31, according to AAAThe Iran war has actually dragged out for 236 days in spite of Trump recommending in March that it might be over in 4 to 5 weeks. With the midterms less than 2 weeks away, a minimum of we have a president who’s laser-focused on the genuine problems.

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