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The New York Times |
The Trump administration this week levied sweeping tariffs across the globe, provoking retaliation from other countries and sending the stock market tumbling.
New Republic |
The White House admitted last week that the tariffs were cooked up with bad and arbitrary math.

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After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up
The internet poked fun at the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica where many penguins but no people live.
'Whatever': Trump official pressed on tariffs against islands populated by penguins
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's tariff rollout last week when asked why two uninhabited islands were hit with the fees, saying in a new interview "whatever.
Penguins, vaccines: Can negotiations save Trump’s oddest tariff targets?
Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn’t about tariffs.
Trump Agriculture Sec. Has Pathetic Defense for Tariffing Penguins
The Trump administration has basically no answer for why it imposed tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands off the coast of Australia. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins insisted that there was something very smart about placing a levy on the penguin-populated Heard and McDonald islands.
Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony.
Lutnick says Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands prevent other countries from using ‘loopholes’
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday defended President Trump’s tariffs even against uninhabited islands, saying they are intended to guard against loopholes. In an interview on CBS News’s
Lutnick says AI wasn't used to calculate Trump's tariffs: "No countries left off"
Remote territories like Heard Island and McDonald Islands, home to penguins but no humans, weren't spared from President Trump's sweeping tariff list last week.
'Shocking': Trump hits Lesotho, Levi's and Calvin Klein denim exporter, with 50% tariff
The government of Lesotho told its citizens not to panic after the U.S. announced a trade tariff that risks wiping out nearly half of its exports.
United States Accidentally Places Tariffs On Penguins That They Most Certainly Cannot Pay
Even most apolitical of United States citizens couldn't help but pay attention as Donald Trump placed massive tariffs on the rest of the world this past
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Trump tariff news this week: Automotive industry hit hard, angry penguin memes and why you’ll pay less for gas this weekend
Liberation Day” announcement had an immediate impact on the North American auto industry and spawned memes of angry penguins amid tariffs against the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands.
'We knew there would be uncertainty': Top Trump officials address plummeting stock market
Some of Donald Trump's top officials were pressed on the stock market's hits since the president unveiled wide-reaching tariffs.
Trump tariffs live updates: Trump defends measures as stock market futures slump
The fallout continues after President Donald Trump's unveiling of severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners. On Sunday, ABC's "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos pressed White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett about Trump reposting a video that said he was tanking the markets to force the Fed to lower interest rates.
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