‘Taxing penguins and not Putin’: US senators mock Trump’s tariffs

After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up - Overpasses For America

The Trump administration this week levied sweeping tariffs across the globe, provoking retaliation from other countries and sending the stock market tumbling. An unexpected consequence? Penguin memes. Images of the flightless birds have waddled their way across the internet this week after President Trump imposed tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica that are home to many penguins but no people. One…

From De Minimis to Penguins: Trump’s Tariffs Are Rational

Trump's recent tariffs, including those on remote islands, reflect a strategic effort to address trade imbalances and curb foreign exploitation of e-commerce loopholes. This approach aims to bolster American manufacturing and investment.

‘Taxing penguins and not Putin’: US senators mock Trump’s tariffs

Despite having no human inhabitants, remote islands have been caught up in Trump’s broad tariff measures, leaving officials puzzled.

Trump Targets Island Home for Penguins with 10% Tariffs

No one saw it coming, but penguins have found themselves at the center of a surprising trade decision by the United States. In a recent announcement, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on a wide range of goods, and among the unexpected targets were uninhabited islands, including the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are primarily home to seals and penguins. The tariffs, which range from 34% on countries like China and the European Union to 1…

Trump Slaps Tariffs On Penguins: Flightless Birds Hit Back With Viral Social Media Protest

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs has led to economic disruptions and rattled financial markets. Among the most unexpected targets of these trade measures is an Australian territory devoid of human inhabitants—Heard Island and McDonald Islands—home only to penguins and seals. Despite being one of the most remote locations on the planet, these islands have not been spared from the new 10 percent tariff imposed on goods destine…

Even the penguins have not been spared Trump’s tariffs. As unusual as it may seem, the US president’s commercial onslaught has reached the corners of the world only populated by animals. In a fact that has not ceased to cause memes and jokes on social networks, the US president has added to his list of tariff penalties with 10% to the islands of Heard and McDonald, an autonomous archipelago of Australia uninhabited by humans and without economic…