Trump Floats ‘American Ocean’ Name for the Atlantic in Circulating Clip

A clip circulating among social media users shows Donald Trump discussing American-themed names for Lake Ontario, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

In the excerpt, Trump speaks about renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America and the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

“We have a gulf and a lake, and we need a river and an ocean,” Trump says in the remarks accompanying the clip.

He also expresses interest in changing the Atlantic Ocean’s name to the American Ocean, extending the naming idea beyond the lake and gulf.

The supplied excerpt does not establish whether the remarks reflect a formal proposal or give details about any process for pursuing the changes.