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Trump says he asked Google Maps to rename Atlantic Ocean (www.rte.ie)

submitted 3 days ago by Infrapink@thebrainbin.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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"I said, 'Sundar, I'm thinking of the Atlantic Ocean. Can you handle it?'

"'No, no, no, this time I'm not doing it,' he said, 'Oceans are different, sir. They cover a lot of - really a lot of countries. Please don't ask us to do that.'"

The US president later said he would "probably pass" and keep the name Atlantic, before saying, "We're going to call it the American Ocean".

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[–] Yew@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

They appeased him before, so he keeps asking for more.

[–] Cheebus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

at this rate the dicks gunna wanna rename the fucking moon

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sssh, he still doesn't know that the moon isn't just the sun at night.

[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So what? He'd rename the sun instead

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"If you look closely, sir, you can see we have already written 'America' on The Sun."

"Ow, my eyes hurt."

"Sir, everyone says you're the best, tremendous, at starting at The Sun. Keep going."

[–] incompetent@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump Stared Directly at Sun During 2017 Solar Eclipse?

In April 2024, a viral Reddit post featured a photograph purportedly showing former U.S. President Donald Trump looking directly at the sun without protective eyewear during the 2017 total solar eclipse. The then-president was standing next to his wife, first lady Melania Trump, and looking up with his face illuminated by the sun, even though NASA has warned that viewing any part of the sun without protective eyewear will cause damage to the eyes.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly what I was thinking of.