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Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Antarctic, home only to penguins. "Which nobody have heard about". Apparently, the tariff is 10%.
So in the unlikely case the Australian wildlife service decides to turn the local semi-pelagic avifauna into bush meat (to compete with true Amerikan raccoon and possum steak), YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED.
This is Liberation Day.
Clearly a lunatic. Tarrifs don't apply to (guess!)...Russia, North Korea, Belarus...Cuba! Global economic crisis not on the horizon, it's here.
ReplyDeleteNow I hear it's suspected Trump used AI to calculate the tarriffs, hence the inclusion of uninhabited islands, but for penguins.
Deletehttps://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/2025/white-house-using-ai-in-tariff-calculations
DeleteSomewhat ironically (?), Lesotho ("which nobody have heard about") is hardest hit with 50% tariffs on their clothing industry?!
ReplyDeleteThat's terrible! I read the Guardian article. Trump is out golfing today.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/04/03/liv-golf-miami-donald-trump-doral-golf-course/82788877007/