Commerce chief Lutnick defends tariffs on islands with only penguins

Commerce chief Lutnick defends tariffs on islands with only penguins


Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tried Sunday to defend the Trump administration slapping tariffs on islands only populated by penguins by suggesting that ships could stop there in order to dodge duties.

“The idea is that there are no countries left off’’ President Trump’s tariff list, Lutnick told CBS’s “Face the Nation’’ when asked whether the 10% levies targeting the remote Heard and McDonald islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean were a mistake, or even AI-generated.

A young fluffy emperor penguin chick nestled between its parents in snowy Antarctica with a larger penguin colony huddled in the background for warmth.

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