In the past week, amid the on again, off again, on again, who-knows-what-state-we're-in tariff war, the American administration levied tariffs on two islands in the Antarctic Ocean, Heard Island and McDonald Island.
Those two islands are uninhabited. No, wait, they're inhabited by penguins. Penguins who have been, according to Trump, ripping off the USA for years. One wonders how. The Interweb, however, responded, in hilarious fashion. A selection:
Heard and McDonald Islands - a territory which sits 4,000km (2,485 miles) south-west of Australia - are only accessible via a seven-day boat trip from Perth, and haven't been visited by humans in almost a decade.
Australian trade minister Don Farrell told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the tariffs were "clearly a mistake".
"Poor old penguins, I don't know what they did to Trump, but, look, I think it's an indication, to be honest with you, that this was a rushed process."
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