Looks like penguins will have to worry about tariffs too ehh??

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'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."

Trump on Wednesday announced a 10% baseline tariff for all countries and reciprocal tariffs against approximately 60 countries that he says contribute most to the U.S. trade deficit.

But toward the end of a long list of charts displaying the reciprocal tariffs, as shared by the White House on X, Heard and McDonald Islands are listed as being hit with the 10% cost.

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"The Heard and McDonald islands have zero human inhabitants. They had zero exports," CNN "State of the Union" host Jake Tapper said Sunday. "They had zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins. Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?"