Trump officials struggle to explain tariff strategy but claim Americans won’t feel ‘big effect’

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President Donald Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was confronted during a CNN interview on Sunday over why the administration has levied tariffs on islands only inhabited by penguins.
Newsweek
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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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While it initially appeared bizarre that these uninhabited islands would face a 10% tariff, there's more to the story than meets the eye.
International Business Times AU
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A photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division shows a group of King penguins standing on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island.
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