President Donald Trump has revealed two famous American waterways that are safe from his push to rename geographic landmarks, while suggesting an ocean and another river could be next. Speaking at a rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday evening, Trump said he wanted to add a river and an ocean to the list of places he'd rename before he leaves office. "We've got the Gulf, we've got a beautiful lake, and now somebody said, 'You need a river,'" Trump told supporters.
However, the president ruled out changing the Hudson River's name, citing explorer Henry Hudson. "I don't want to change the name of the Hudson River. Henry Hudson, he did a good job sailing up that sucker a long time ago," Trump said.
Trump also made clear that the Mississippi River would retain its name, pointing to his electoral success in the state. "I'm not changing the name of the Mississippi,” before adding, “we won that state by so much.” But Trump suggested either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean could eventually receive a new name. "So we need a river, and we need an ocean.
So I was thinking either the Atlantic or the Pacific," he said, floating "Trump Ocean" or "Ocean of the Americas" as possibilities. The comments follow Trump's previous moves to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and direct federal agencies to use "Lake America" for Lake Ontario. This is a developing story.
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