Trump proposes renaming the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans... “Miss Trump, Miss America”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim A-ram = Following the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, U.S. President Donald Trump also discussed renaming the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

According to the US daily Washington Post (WP), at a midterm election rally held in Clarksville, Tennessee on the 10th (local time), President Trump said, "We have bays and beautiful lakes," referring to the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, which he renamed the Gulf of America and Lake America, respectively.

He continued, "But someone said we need rivers. We need rivers. We need oceans, too. We call them 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas' or something like that."

He added, "I think we need to have an ocean before I leave office. And we need a nice river too."

WP interpreted that President Trump hinted at the idea of ​​changing the name of either the Atlantic or the Pacific, and seemed to have jokingly mentioned adding his name to the new name.

Earlier, upon taking office early last year, President Trump signed an executive order to transform the Gulf of Mexico into the American Gulf. This caused a diplomatic conflict with Mexico, and even blocked an Associated Press reporter who adhered to the Gulf of Mexico label from entering a White House event.

Also, last August, he provoked Canada by signing an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario, located on the border between the United States and Canada, to Lake America.

The U.S. president can exercise executive power to change the names of geographical features, including bodies of water. Private companies that provide online map services have also generally accepted President Trump's new name.