President Donald Trump has said he wants to rename an ocean and a river before 2028. His remarks at a rally in Clarksville, Tennessee , have drawn reactions on social media, with some people mocking the idea and criticizing his focus on renaming places.
He also said he would keep the Mississippi River’s name, adding that he loves Mississippi, a state he has won in the last three elections. “I don’t want to change the name of the Hudson River. Henry Hudson, he did a good job sailing up that sucker a long time ago. So I was thinking either the Atlantic or the Pacific. We call it Trump Ocean, or Ocean of the Americas. Something like that.”
Trump announced that he wants to change the name of an ocean and a river before he leaves office in 2028. Because he admires English explorer Henry Hudson, after whom it was named, trump said he would not rename the Hudson River.
He said he was considering the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and suggested names such as “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas. “We’ve got the Gulf, we’ve got a beautiful lake, and now somebody said, ‘You need a river,’” Trump said. Trump said he is thinking of renaming either the Atlantic or the Pacific. He said “So we need a river and we need an ocean.
Trump spoke about the plan during a rally on Saturday evening.
