The Trump Tariffs on Penguins, Explained

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announced on Wednesday that he would be enacting sweeping on dozens of nations. In fact, these Trump tariffs, which immediately plunged international trade into chaos and sent the stock market into a downward spiral, were so all-encompassing that they even apply to an island full of unsuspecting furry friends.One of the nations on Trump’s list, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, is inhabited entirely by penguins.

Yes, penguins, and absolutely zero humans.Here’s the best explanation of what is going on here, in this edition of .Donald Trump’s retaliatory tariffs apply to an Australian territory inhabited entirely by penguins, which everyone online would think was hilarious if it wasn’t so confusing.On Wednesday, which the president deemed “Liberation Day,” he announced long-promised tariffs on a large group of foreign countries.

The tariffs were bigger than many expected in both number and scope, with a ) being imposed on imports from all countries.The high cost of these tariffs, with countries like Vietnam with a nearly 50%, have investors reeling and industries from to worried about the impact on consumers.

But amid all the chaos, people online began to notice one strange name on the list of countries the White House presented to have tariffs imposed: These islands, an Arctic territory of Australia, stand out because no humans live on them.