'Population Zero': The Stable Genius Places Tariffs On Uninhabited Islands
The painfully stupid self-described Stable Genius® imposed "reciprocal" tariffs on Wednesday, which he deemed Liberation Day, and the stock market plummeted soon after his announcement. Before his speech, Donald wrote on Truth Social, "IT’S LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA!" Don't you feel liberated?
These weren't actually "reciprocal" tariffs, though, and after tariffing almost every damn place on Earth, the mad King unsurprisingly didn't include Russia. But he did slap tariffs on uninhabited islands with zero population- the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are an Australian territory and one of the most remote places on Earth. The seals, penguins, and other birds that inhabit the island were hit with a 10 percent "reciprocal tariff."
But that's not all. AFP reports:
Strings of ocean specks around the globe, including Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Comoros off the coast of Africa, were likewise subjected to 10 percent new tariffs.
Another eye-catching inclusion in the tariffs list was Myanmar, which is digging out from an earthquake that left nearly 3,000 people dead, and whose exports to the United States will now face 44 percent in new levies.
Britain's Falkland Islands -- population 3,200 people and around one million penguins -- got particular punishment.