President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs should take effect this week. The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, uninhabited territories of Australia, were among the countries and territories affected.
Critics quickly said that the tariffs on the islands would be ineffective, as the islands don’t export to the United States. They mocked the policy as “penguin tariffs” because the islands’ population primarily consists of penguins.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick gave an interview on Face the Nation Sunday with Margaret Brennan to explain Trump’s use of sweeping tariffs.
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Brennan attacked the tariffs on the Australian territories and asked if the Trump administration used artificial intelligence when building the tariff chart.
“Why are the Heard and McDonald Islands, which don’t export to the United States and are quite literally inhabited
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