Politics
Trump Floats Renaming an Ocean After Himself
At a midterm campaign rally, Trump said he was thinking of renaming the Atlantic or the Pacific the 'Trump Ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas,' and floated renaming rivers too. He has previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico the 'Gulf of America' and Lake Ontario 'Lake America.' Japanese forums treated the ocean remark mostly as material for jokes rather than a serious policy, riffing on ever-grander renames. Alongside the laughter ran a strand of exhaustion that this is 'terminal-stage,' plus jabs at his need for attention.