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They all bend the knee. Just wait until the persecution of political opposition becomes a thing.
Has nothing to do with bending the knee. The executive order literally changed the official name of the Gulf in the U.S. This situation is ridiculous, but it is the new U.S. government that you need to complain about, not the people implementing or deferring to their decisions.
International bodies of water tend to be named by... International governing bodies.
That said, Google's choices about which country to rely on has... Some real-world ramifications. Like the very... shall we say, "open to interpretation" border between India and Pakistan. Or, China and India's border.
@ubergeek @ricdeh Are we far off minor skirmishes and war-ettes over what big G names various places?