The left has been in permanent freakout mode since Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on countries all around the world during his “Liberation Day” ceremony Wednesday. After the stock market tumbled on Thursday and Friday, the headlines at mainstream news outlets all sounded as if the world was going to imminently explode.
One of the main points they’ve been using to mock the president is that the administration is enacting tariffs on remote islands that have no residents. Leftists were quick to pounce:
Donald Trump slapped tariffs on penguins and not on Putin.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 3, 2025
This just about sums it all up – 10% tariff on Heard and Macdonald Islands which are completely unpopulated. Bit hard on the penguins though to have their guano tariffed https://t.co/qZjEhg6zDN
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) April 2, 2025
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