Summary
Google has reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country” following Trump’s announcement to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and Mount Denali as Mount McKinley.
The designation, typically reserved for nations with border disputes or strict governments, reflects the growing challenges tech companies face under Trump’s second term.
Google Maps has prioritized updating these name changes, treating them similarly to disputed regions like the Persian Gulf.
The reclassification may impact how Google handles U.S. geographic labels moving forward.
You don’t have to be polite Google. The more proper term is ‘snowflake country’… our government has the absolute thinnest skin.
Looks like Snowstorm 2025 is going to keep blowing over the continental United States until 2028
“Snowflake” is still pretty polite. But “pussy” is politically incorrect. There’s probably a better word out there.
Meanwhile, Google Maps shows Gulf of America now… So, take it with a grain of crack.
It only does it in the country, as a Canadian I still see gulf of Mexico.
That’s the whole point of this sensitive designation
I am in the US and still see Gulf of Mexico.
I would actually love if for the next 4 years they just got busy only remaining places on map and nothing else.
Sadly much more damaging stuff is happening and this is just another distraction.
Renaming shit on maps is part of erasing that a people ever existed there at all. The towns in Poland my family came from aren’t on any maps any more. Their names exist only in stories passed down to me, and to a few people who also received them still living where those towns used to be. That I didn’t even know for 33 years where to find the towns in my great great grandmother’s stories was exactly the aim of the ethnic cleansing that brought her here.
I get that it seems silly and ridiculous and like a big distraction to a lot of people, and on some level, yes, that is the point of renaming shit on maps when you’re just going to do the killings anyway, but also… The point is the killings, and when a big authoritarian dickhead shows up saying he wants to rename shit on a map? Freak the fuck out. This dude plans to kill.
It’s funny how people think it will be 4 years. This shit will not be over in 4 years.
You FUCKING COWARDS.
What the hell happened, man.
I get why you have to do it with China. You need to move on with your life, and you’re going to be caught up in endless ridiculous squabbles, and life is short.
You KNOW you don’t actually have to do it for Trump.
You’re just deciding to. It’s like in the movie, “How in the WORLD could this guy take the money, when he knows it’s wrong.”
Why in the world, man. What happened.
No they don’t. They operate in the United States government’s jurisdiction.
I know that Trump thinks that a consequence of that is that he can simply order them to do whatever he wants, and they have to do it, but that’s not true. Or, it’s only true to the extent that people around him start to see it that way, and act on it, and start to punish people who don’t do whatever he says, regardless of what the law or the rest of the United States government which is considerable has to say about it.
That’s one reason I think they’re cowards. Because the more that people start to mutually believe that everything Trump says, is law, the more other people will agree to it and start to act on it as if it’s the same way. We made all this up. We pretend there’s a “constitution” that means something, we pretend “congress” is something special, not just a bunch of old guys in a building who write weird incomprehensible documents, we pretend it all means something, when at the end of the day it’s just a bunch of monkeys who run around making special noises.
And we can start to pretend Trump is king, too, if we want to. I don’t want to, and I get irritated at people who start pretending that he is. That shit’s contagious.
International mega corps are arguably more powerful than the federal government. Theyve gone with the government solely because it benefits them at the moment… They think. This hard-line bullshit only benefits the corporations and mega rich. But what’s coming is a collapse of power, money and interests. America is collapsing in front of our eyes, it’s time to move on from trying to preserve what was, and work on removing threats and rebuilding. The mindset is what needs to change.
I mean, are you accusing me of changing the name? I’m not sure who you’re yelling at here. I’m as mortified as the next sane person.
Sorry! I was talking to Google, not to you, I have no issue with you at all. I should have phrased it in a more clear fashion. I’m just irritated, that’s all.
take it with a grain of crack.
That DOES seem to make keeping up with the news more fun 🤔
They’re only going to show that in the US.
Thw rest of the world will still see the original and internationally agreed on name.
If it was an internal waterway, the Americans could rename it whatever they want and everyone else would happily go along with it.
But, since the Gulf of Mexico is partially international waters, and since it has shores on multiple other countries, the US doesn’t get to unilaterally decide what everyone else calls it.
lmao
I am now lost.
I’ve heard good things, I’ve always wanted to visit the Taco Bell region of Amexicalifornmerica.
NOAA government nautical chart from today:
