Trump explains why he declared a “customs war” on penguins

Liudmyla Zhernovska03:23, 07.04.25

The Internet was flooded with jokes on this topic.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explained why the United States imposed tariffs on imports from Heard and McDonald Islands, which  are inhabited by penguins .

The announcement of the 10% tariff on these islands has sparked a lot of jokes and mockery online, with users creating memes of penguins boycotting Trump’s decision or packing their backpacks and “leaving” the islands.

As CNN reports , Lutnik explained that the volcanic islands, which have a population of 0 people, were included on the list so that other countries could not use them as a loophole:

“The president imposed tariffs on China in 2018. And then China started going to America through other countries.”

There are suggestions that the Trump administration may have used artificial intelligence to generate the list, but the minister denies this.

(C)UNIAN 2025

5 comments

  1. “There are suggestions that the Trump administration may have used artificial intelligence to generate the list, but the minister denies this.”

    With an absence of real intelligence in the current WH, it’s the most likely scenario.

      • Sir Veth I think this goes well beyond stupidity, I or Webster just haven’t developed a word for this idiocy. Worst this idiocy is coming from more than one moron. It comes from a group of morons hired by the main moron

        • Undeniably, we need new and stronger synonyms for “stupid” and “moron” just for those idiots in the White House.

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