US President Donald Trump has said that Google CEO Sundar Pichai turned down his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean the "American Ocean".

"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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        “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.”

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          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.