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I don't know which is worse. That he is a twat, or that Google think their renaming something on their maps actually means anything (as he obviously does).

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They've caved to him before so why not keep going? That's how he works.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Only in the US.. Fairly sure they didn't do anything internationally. Sounds like they did the bare minimum

[–] mouserat@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They added the bullshit names in parentheses - as if anyone would actually use them anywhere else in the world.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

The Slumlord Sea

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

The wikipedia page for Lake Ontario doesn't even mention the nonsense about renaming it

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

This is distraction propaganda. Ifnore it and instead note that that his deployment of national guard has been rules as unlawful, a shit ton of people are finding out their citizenship has been revoked, hormuz is a fucking mess, oil prices spiked again, they’re trying to make it actively illegal and punishable by law to medically treat non-citizens, they just ruled that detained migrants have literally zero rights to anything, they’re actively trying to crucify Ilhan Omar as a political act to establish precedent, among others.

This is nothing, treat it as such. Nobody is immune to propaganda.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

I heard today about a Canadian woman who had been living in the Untied States for 14 years, died because she was afraid to seek medical treatment.

I also heard about a 51 year old man who only just found out that he's not a citizen, he was adopted when he was a baby and lived in the Untied States all his life. Seems a sane and rational country would just make him a citizen at this point

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Earth? You must mean Trump. You see, the Trump orbits the Trump once every 365 Trumps. I happen to live in the United Trump of Trumps. I live in the state of Trump on the little island of Trump in the city of Trump. Trump Trump Trump, Trump Trump Trump!

[–] joeschmoe@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

America, america america america america. Trump trump trump trump trump trump.

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[–] starik@lemmy.today 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This is one instance where Trump is not to blame. It’s a perfectly reasonable request in light of Google’s capitulation on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Who knew a rapist would keep pushing past boundaries that other people would not cross? How could anyone have known!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

His dementia is in free fall. Watch him speak today, then watch him speak during his first term, when he already had undeniable signs. He's fucking gone. Any one of us would be in a home if we were this bad off.

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

The amount of time he spends talking about men's asses these days is wild.

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anything to keep distracting from the files.

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[–] core@leminal.space 99 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Google says they can't do it because it borders multiple countries. Didn't stop them from changing the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, whatever excuse keeps the toddler in chief pacified for a bit.

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[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

To be fair, that’s what Trump says Google said. Even odds the entire conversation only happened in his mind.

[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lake Ontario, along with other lakes touches multiple countries... Google had no problem there 😉. In reality Americans are free to use whatever names they feel like for anything in the world, just like with the empirial measurement system but don't count on others to know WTF you talk about when you open your mouth.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 22 hours ago

So does the Gulf of MEXICO.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 112 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He just keeps escalating demands until he's stopped.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you read the article text, he's telling people at a rally that he asked Google's CEO to do it and they said no.

Now, I'd take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt, as he's pretty flagrantly lied in the past, but even if taken at face value, he's saying that his request didn't go through.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First he asks, then he posts on social media and then makes an executive order.

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[–] emmy5482@quokk.au 20 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the behaviour of a very public rapist

[–] teutotina@feddit.org 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Trump told supporters at Wednesday's rally in South Carolina that he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to suggest renaming either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean the “Trump Ocean,” but was told it could not because oceans span numerous countries.

Unlike gulfes or lakes.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but that's just Mexico and Canada, and who cares about them?? /s

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Fuck off, Krasnov.

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Here's a userscript that renames Trump on every website you visit into a random humorous insult

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

My Dad says Trump's real name is Shithead

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't hate many people.

But I absolutely hate this motherfucker.

[–] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can't name the Atlantic ocean "Trump Ocean", it will be confusing because "Trump Ocean" already has a meaning: it's the liquid in a wastewater aeration tank.

It's ok that you didn't know about it, given that I just named it.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Distract him from stealing the election by giving him suggestions for other things to rename. He clearly has no idea that like 80% of place names in America are either named for foreign things or indigenous things

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sigh

Can we please put an adult in charge?

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

So glad I de googled now. The impending doom that company to be ever taken seriously again is gonna be sad days for a lot of ppl who hopefully learn a bit more executive function in their life.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

The man wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to downgrade his sex trafficing to domestic.

[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

pedo troll say what

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I hope The Onion doesn't go bankrupt because of Trump, since they can't even get a satirical article made because everything real is currently on the level of satire

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[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Let’s rename Google to “Complicit”

[–] Denfa@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Is anyone paying attention anymore?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Not enough people

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Oh, please do it for good. I want Americans to remember for decades who they allowed to handle their economy and nuclear codes. Please rename your Constitution and the Bible, too, so your representatives pledge their loyalty on the name of Trump.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

"The Atlantic borders other countries"???

And the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario don't...?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Newsweek isn't a reliable source, in particular not as a single source. Be wary.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-atlantic-ocean-rename-google

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

What a pathetic human. I wonder if he's ever even touched the Atlantic.

[–] UnexpectedBehavior@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I think we should name way more things after him: The Donald J. Trump Dump and the Donald J. Trump-Chicken Farm. Trump-Diarrhea though this might also be the Robert F. Kennedy Diarrhea. A Ship being hit with a mine shall be known as a Trump-Maneuver. Going bankrupt is just "Trumping".

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