Google changes the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

[QuantumSync]

Any thoughts about this?

[Trollheart]

Google, like other massive conglomerates, will do what Trump tells them to do.
Their slogan, "Don't be evil", is a hollow joke now. Just another bootlicker to the Republican Trump Party.

[Saulaac]

Gulf of America, are you havin' a larf all of a sudden. That thing has been Gulf of Mexico from GCSE onwards.
I can't go for that, no, no can do..

[Lexi Darling]

Ok cool I'm still calling it the Gulf of Mexico and I suggest anyone who also thinks this shit is stupid do so as well.

Can't be an official new name if nobody in the country uses it.

[SGR]

Speaking of silly name changes 

GOP bill would rename Greenland to "Red, White and Blueland"

[Trollheart]

Do you get the feeling we're all living inside the head of some deranged clown who's himself incarcerated in a rubber room?

[Lisnaholic]

It's ludicrous, offensive, unnecessary and divisive.

My guess:
(i) in the USA this namechange will become a litmus test of loyalty to Trump, so expect it to turn up soon on NOAA and CDC websites and on the lips of fawning politicos.
(ii) the rest of the planet will look on and laugh at a President and country trying to make such petty, unilateral changes - as the President of Mexico has already done, to her credit.

[QuantumSync]

Ok cool I'm still calling it the Gulf of Mexico and I suggest anyone who also thinks this shit is stupid do so as well.

Can't be an official new name if nobody in the country uses it.

[Auroras In Ice]

As far as I can tell,outside the US it comes up as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". I don't have many thoughts on this since it seems pretty straight-forward. The guy is a narcissist who likes to rebrand things and bend others to his will. Just another petty and stupid way to put his fingerprint on the world and make Pichai kiss the ring.

[Psy-Fi]

Google, like other massive conglomerates, will do what Trump tells them to do.
Their slogan, "Don't be evil", is a hollow joke now. Just another bootlicker to the Republican Trump Party.

Google's reputation has always been dodgy at best, so no surprise here.

[Weekender]

Yeah their "woke" arc was always just sticking their pointer finger out to the wind.

[Trollheart]

We already know about the Gulf of Mexico being renamed, and I postulate that New Mexico will be next (Old America?) but what other nonsense do you think Trump will use to try to reorder and re-label the world to fit in with his vision?

The Great Wall of China becomes the Mediocre Wall of China
Big Ben becomes Tiny Ben
The Great Barrier Reef is renamed to The All Right Barrier Reef
The Mexican hat dance is changed to the American hat dance
A Mexican standoff is now an American standoff
David Bowie's "China Girl" is renamed to "American Girl"
Martin Luther King Day becomes Some Black Guy Day
Cuban cigars are now American cigars
The Great War will now be known as I've Seen Better Wars

Any more?

[SGR]

France better watch it and be on their best behavior, or we're bringing back freedom fries. If Germany doesn't play ball, we'll bring back liberty cabbage too.

[jimmy jazz]

I'll think he'll rename the Internet forum SCD to CDT (Completely Donald Trump).

[SGR]

All this while CNN reports about "Big Balls" and "Hairy Balls", who knows how far these pseudonyms and sobriquets will go.

https://x.com/WorldHallOfFun/status/1887869646403186831

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889370583936208924

I think we need a catchy name for all this. "Scrotumgate"?