Why did Trump put tarrifs on an Island that only has penguins and no people?

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Why did Trump put tarrifs on an Island that only has penguins and no people?

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  1. Cultural-Network-790 Avatar

    Maybe bc he’s dumb as fuck

  2. NoneOfThisMatters_XO Avatar

    Because he’s fucking dumb. People don’t even know how badly this is going to fuck us all. The stock market is going to tank tomorrow. Watch.

  3. bluesushi Avatar

    Penguins have to pay tuxedo tariffs

  4. D-Rez Avatar

    what if it turned out that he was using a random number generator to set the tariffs

  5. BoZacHorsecock Avatar

    Penguins are a bunch of parasites that are draining American capital from the hardworking people that are done being leeched off of by a bird that can’t even fucking fly. You’re not a bird, you bastards, you’re beaked seals that the fake news sold as birds because they’re woke and trying to turn your children mega trans. Fuck you, you biracial wannabe birds!

  6. Sinn_Sage Avatar

    get your eggs tonight because tomorrow……

  7. Vernerator Avatar

    No one is going to screw America under his watch! Penguins be damned!

  8. GingerlyCave394 Avatar

    Is this serious or a day late april fools?

  9. KitchenPC Avatar

    What island are you referring to?

  10. RoxoRoxo Avatar

    he set tariffs on places that have tariffs on us, at either 10% or roughly half of what they put on us.

    if the penguins dont want to be tariffed they shouldnt have started it. you also didnt say what island

  11. Ornery-Investment-58 Avatar

    Here’s a better question, why did Trump raise tariffs to extraordinarily high levels with America’s two closest trading partners and long time allies?

  12. ikarus143 Avatar

    Because he’s stupid.

  13. tuff_gong Avatar

    Punching down is his forte.

  14. TroublesomeTurnip Avatar

    Happy Feet was a horror movie to him.

  15. Other_Molasses2830 Avatar

    Penguins don’t live in the Arctic. They live in the South Pole.

  16. BMikeW Avatar

    Coz penguins aren’t exempt from tariffs obviously

  17. UJMRider1961 Avatar

    One of his campaign promises was to close the notorious “Penguin Gap.”

  18. TheOtherJohnson Avatar

    Penguin trade deficits are the biggest problem facing America today.

  19. jkvincent Avatar

    To liberate American patriots from them, duh.

  20. Merrybee16 Avatar

    Is it related to the Bird Flu and the price of eggs?

    Real answer: he’s a stupid son of a bitch surrounded by people bow to whatever he says.

  21. OneFuckedWarthog Avatar

    Because he has the IQ of a woman’s shoe size.

  22. coldmint42 Avatar

    the art of the seal. this is the greatest seal in history, nobody does seals like me. i love seals, im the best at seals and this is going to really help the seal economy.

  23. TheBrasilianCapybara Avatar

    Penguins are actually commies

  24. ReZisTLust Avatar

    Hes jealous of their relationships with each other

  25. bowens44 Avatar

    Because he is a fucking moron

  26. suspiciousyeti Avatar

    The only thing bright on that man is his foundation.

  27. Tmbaladdin Avatar

    Amazing 🤦‍♂️

  28. p001b0y Avatar

    Let’s hope he doesn’t read this or he will have Hegseth draw up and leak plans for an invasion. /s

  29. hoosierhiver Avatar

    Penguins have been taking advantage of us for too long with their unfair trade deals.

  30. flabbybuns Avatar

    Which country?

  31. ddrober2003 Avatar

    Because like his cultists, he makes paint chip eaters look like geniuses comparatively.

  32. FlyAirLari Avatar

    Which island is this?

  33. Srw2725 Avatar

    Because he’s an idiot

  34. LegitimateBeing2 Avatar

    Those penguins were taking advantage of the U.S.

  35. catch319 Avatar

    He’s a moron?

  36. EmperorBozopants Avatar

    Because fuck those penguin welfare queens.

  37. dustofdeath Avatar

    They did not say thank you.

  38. brokensou1 Avatar

    Too much black on them.

  39. redlegion Avatar

    It’s probably where he does the bulk of his banking.

  40. TehWildMan_ Avatar

    It’s a national emergency!!

  41. everwith Avatar

    trying to convince people that he doesn’t have a favourite country and doesn’t have a least favourite, he just want to fuck everybody. That’s my guess

  42. Howitdobiglyboo Avatar

    Fuck those penguins.

  43. ljlee256 Avatar

    It’s because they’re black AND white, its unnatural!

  44. KiNGofKiNG89 Avatar

    Because he is trolling hard and doing it for the laughs.

  45. vampyire Avatar

    because he’s an idiot

  46. LikesElDelicioso Avatar

    Because he probably has the thinking of capacity of a group of monkeys throwing darts at a spinning wheel, whatever lands is what he will do next. Lol 😂

  47. FroggiJoy87 Avatar

    He probably thinks that Penguin publishing is located there

  48. Wirehed Avatar

    Penguins are very woke.

  49. stag2025 Avatar

    Bcuz of too much TDS on the island

  50. snobocracy Avatar

    Which island are we talking about?
    There obviously isn’t a nation with no people; so this sounds like nonsense hyperbole – what’s the context here?

  51. meep_42 Avatar

    Could be a couple different things –

    1. They used some algorithm to determine the values and didn’t really check the outliers

    2. They did it intentionally to deflect attention away from some other stuff

  52. ThatShoomer Avatar

    Everyone knows penguins are an essential ingredient in making Guinness.

  53. SaintAnger1166 Avatar

    Everyone knows penguins are lowkey scammers.

  54. Golfenbike Avatar

    The Icebergs, gotta put Tariffs on icebergs.

  55. Kyro_Official_ Avatar

    Because hes a fucking idiot

  56. AirCautious2239 Avatar

    Because the tariffs are nothing more than political instruments to show how they’re gonna “show it to those leeches who suck on the wealth of the American taxpayer” (not a quote but could as well be) hence why actual trading partners only have 10% like the UK and a bunch of completely uninteresting countries + China get like 69%. Oh no, I have to pay double for my authentic Sri Lankan beach sand :O

  57. BornAPunk Avatar

    Because he and his team are complete imbeciles.

  58. TuxandFlipper4eva Avatar

    Because he heard there was this lady named Leslie who marries gay penguins and drives them to Des Moines, Iowa.

  59. jcooli09 Avatar

    Because he’s a moron.

  60. pleachchapel Avatar

    The same reason he used sharpie on a weather map. Because he’s a fucking moron.

  61. PreacherCoach Avatar

    Op … you are looking for logic in all this? Really?

  62. Imverystupidgenx Avatar

    None of the penguins were willing to travel to DC and offer him their favorite rock. Doubly unfortunate as they’re already dressed for the occasion.

  63. Front_Concert_1264 Avatar

    Because he’s dumber than a bag of dead rats.

  64. AccomplishedMemory16 Avatar

    I’m tired of these motherfuckin’ penguins on this motherfuckin’ island!!!

  65. BoilerMaker11 Avatar

    They removed references to the Enola Gay, the Tuskegee Airmen, and Jackie Robinson because in their crusade to end DEI they’re clearly (and a Trump official actually admitted) that they’re using AI to just search for “black” or “gay” (among other things) and then are just deleting everything that pops up.

    This is a stupid administration doing the laziest thing possible to address the “issues” they have.

  66. babydollblush Avatar

    I didn’t know penguins lived rent-free in people’s heads too.

  67. bebepothos Avatar

    Because he’s a fucking moron

  68. Ok-Metal-4719 Avatar

    So if anyone decides to use it for their business to get around tariffs, they will not. Being proactive.

    And penguins are smart. Give them time.

  69. Present_upstairs24-7 Avatar

    he’s a fricken muppet

  70. RonDFong Avatar

    because he’s an idiot

  71. Poofox Avatar

    Superior genetics and sliding scale IQ tests.

  72. jpc4zd Avatar

    The islands in question are Heard and McDonald Islands.

    Here is the chart the White House put out https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html

    According to Wikipedia, the islands are very remote and no one lives there https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands

  73. CloudFF7- Avatar

    Penguin empire is on the rise didn’t you hear

  74. 1stLtObvious Avatar

    To look strong because he knows his base are a bunch of chucklefucks incapable of thinking beyond “He hates all the same people I do, so of course he’s right about everything!”

  75. AccordingBad850 Avatar

    Because he’s an idiot

  76. moving0target Avatar

    There are exports from there to the US.

  77. PoundNaCL Avatar

    Sounds like a joke without a punchline.