After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up

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Donald Trump's tariffs have become a black and white issue on social media, where penguin memes have gone viral after he targeted an island inhabited by the flightless birds, but no people.
International Business Times
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A surprising inclusion of the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on President Donald Trump's list of nations facing new trade tariffs has sparked widespread ridicule online, as the remote region is inhabited only by penguins.
International Business Times AU
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This is the barren, uninhabited island near Antarctica on which Donald Trump slapped a 10% import tariff when he announced his wide-reaching levies on Wednesday, 2 April.
The Independent
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The eight-page chart circulated by the White House of countries subjected to President Donald Trump‘s “Liberation Day” tariffs included tiny overseas territories ruled by larger nations and even uninhabited islands near the North and South poles.
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Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade | Trump tariffs
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