Who would have thought penguins and seals would feel the brunt of Donald Trump’s tariffs.⁣ ⁣ Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia, has glaciers..but NO buildings and NO human inhabitants.⁣ Yet this group of barren volcanic islands near Antarctica have been slapped with a 10 percent levy on goods.⁣ ⁣ According to World Bank export data, the US imported $1.4m of products from these islands in 2022 - nearly all of which was “machinery and electrical” imports. ⁣ ⁣ Those are some penguins.⁣ ⁣ The Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said: “Nowhere on Earth is safe.”⁣ ⁣ Washington Post’s National Security editor added: 'For far too long, the penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Antarctic have ripped off American taxpayers. That ends today.”⁣ ⁣ #trump #us #tarifs #heardisland⁣ ⁣ 📷Leah Millis/Reuters and Evan Vucci/AP⁣