Friday, April 04, 2025

Penguin Memes Flood Social Media/Internet

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.

Penguin memes flood social media after Trump tariffs target uninhabited islands

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A waddle of King penguins, some of the only inhabitants of the Australian territory of Heard Island – which is among those targeted by US President Donald Trump's tariffs.
A waddle of King penguins, some of the only inhabitants of the Australian territory of Heard Island – which is among those targeted by US President Donald Trump's tariffs. © Matt Curnock, Australian Antarctic Division/AF

Social media has become flooded with penguin memes after US President Donald Trump slapped 10 percent tariffs on all exports from the Heard and McDonald Islands, barren sub-Antarctic Australian territories. Both islands are uninhabited by humans, but home to thousands of penguins.

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Trump's announcement of worldwide tariffs on Wednesday certainly received an icy reception in many countries.
But there has also been bafflement around why some of the most remote parts of the world have been targeted.



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