VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-27
“Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them both.”
Donald Trump · said 2026-08-27 · reported 2026-08-27
Trump joked in the Oval Office that maybe the US would change the names of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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