No explanation from White House why tiny Aussie island’s tariffs are nearly triple the rest of Australia’s

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1. They know what they did.

2. Norfolk Island is where the people who famously mutinied on the HMS Bounty ultimately ended up after hiding on another island for decades.

3. Criticized him once 14 years ago, likely.

   Vindictive arse, not a leader in any sense of the word.

4. Norfolk, VA didn’t vote for him. He is probably confused and thinks he’s punishing us.

5. McDonald’s Island? That’s where his burgers come from, duh.

6. The penguins 🐧 refused to let him build Trump Ice 🧊 Hotel.

7. Hes using trade deficit numbers and calling them tariffs, its a direct lie to the American people. Cambodia has 97% tariff? No. Cambodia exports 12 billion. USA exports to cambodia 350 million. 350 million / 12 billion is 3%. 100 – 3 = 97%. Do this for every “tariff”..

8. That’s because they don’t even know it’s an Australian territory.

   They are THAT stupid.

9. Because nobody knows what the hell they’re doing over there.

10. Is this dart board diplomacy? 

11. Because the administration are idiots

12. Because Trump is a colossal moron; not just at economics, but also at geography and every other thing it’s possible to be stupid at.

13. It’s obvious, Trump wants to create a hotel or golf course there and they said no. Now he’s mad. /s …….. maybe? Honestly I don’t know at this point.

14. I have a sneaking suspicion that Trump and the rest of his admin also do not know.

15. ‘The White House also specified that 10 per cent tariffs would be placed on Heard and McDonald Islands, another Australian territory.
    But both islands close to the Antarctic are uninhabited.’

16. Dutton will say it’s good for australia.

17. He probably wanted to put a golf course there and they said no. He’s a petty bitch.

18. About time trump cracked down on Norfolk Island domination of the global market in home made scented soap.    

    The tariffs will help usa build factories to become self sufficient in this critical industry. 

19. Apparently Norfolk Island’s largest export is leather footwear to the tune of about $400k per year. Imagine being that (presumably) one business being targeted like this. 

20. They used chatgpt to create the tarrifs. That’s why. They have no clue.

21. I’m staring to think this guy isn’t very smart or business savvy. I understand that he bankrupted 2-3 casinos, but I just figured that it’s really hard to run a money factory, profitably.

22. The British Indian Ocean Territory gets a tariff. It has no inhabitants. All that is there is a US base, with US personnel on it.

23. Man, are all fascists this fucking stupid or is this some more of that American Exceptionalism I’ve always heard about?

24. Tariffs on Heard Island? He might as well impose tariffs on Robertson’s ‘Big Potato’, for all the revenue it produces.

25. >The White House also specified that 10 per cent tariffs would be placed on Heard and McDonald Islands, another Australian territory.

    >But both islands close to the Antarctic are uninhabited.

    Oh, for fuck’s sake 🙄

    [Donald Trump places tariffs on uninhabited islands off coast of Antarctica](https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-heard-and-mcdonald-islands-uninhabited-antarctica-islands-liberation-day/fecf2af6-03e7-4c9b-af44-17c0f633cec3)

26. Because the tariffs are based entirely on trade deficits, not counter tariffs as Trump claims, and the US exploits this tiny island’s resources while they barely import anything, therefore there is a huge trade deficit.

    So many industries are about to get fucked because these tariffs are going to hit all the cheapest sources for materials the hardest, all because Trump doesn’t understand what he is doing.

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