Trump Suggests Renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean Next After Changing Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico on U.S. Maps

Photo credit: The White House via Flickr. US government work. Article by Paloma Chavez. People – August 27, 2026.

After changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” via executive order, President Donald Trump suggested that the Pacific and Atlantic oceans could be renamed next. “We have a gulf and we have a lake,” Trump, 80, told reporters in the Oval Office. “Now all we need is an ocean. Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.” The comments came during his executive order signing ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 27, where the president moved to change how another major landmark appears on United States maps. […]

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