DAILY BRIEF

U.S. President jokes about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean

Updated 2026-10-13 · told from many outlets at once

Donald Trump proposed renaming multiple U.S. water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, and the Strait of Hormuz, and suggested renaming New Mexico to 'New America'. He stated the U.S. needs a body of water and river named after him and dismissed the idea of renaming the Hudson River. The President has authority to order official name changes.

Open the full story — timeline, facts and every outlet

Outlets: Diken, Dnevnik.bg, El Nuevo Día, El Universal (Mundo), G4Media, HotNews.ro, Kaktus.media, La Vanguardia, Le Parisien, N1 BiH, Prensa Libre, Seznam Zprávy, Stuff, The Economic Times, Times of India (Top)

Written by AI from the outlets' reporting and checked automatically; it can contain mistakes. How Daily Brief works · Privacy