I don’t know which is worse. That he is a twat, or that Google think their renaming something on their maps actually means anything (as he obviously does).

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If you read the article text, he’s telling people at a rally that he asked Google’s CEO to do it and they said no.

      Now, I’d take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt, as he’s pretty flagrantly lied in the past, but even if taken at face value, he’s saying that his request didn’t go through.

      • 8oow3291d@feddit.dkEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Now, I’d take anything Trump says about deals and interactions with anyone else with a large grain of salt,

        Doesn’t really apply in this case. Either option, 1) Trump asked or 2) Trump lies about asking, are pretty much equally bad. Trump is proven unfit to manage a McDonalds in either case.

        Now Trump claiming someone else said is always worthy of skepticism. Especially when it is someone not aligned with Trump.