Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

Even most apolitical of United States citizens couldn't help but pay attention as Donald Trump placed massive tariffs on the rest of the world this past

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an Antarctic territory of Australia, is on the list of reciprocal tariffs — as is a remote isle near Greenland.

Aside from climate change and pollution, penguins are now facing one more threat from humanity: President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump announced Wednesday include three remote, uninhabited islands in Australia populated by penguins.The administration slapped Norfolk Island (population 2,000) with 29 percent tariffs and Heard (population 0) and McDonald (population 0) islands with 10 percent tariffs because of erroneous trade data and mislabelled shipments of goods such as aquarium systems,

Donald Trump issued sweeping tariffs on 'Liberation Day.' Two remote Australian islands were hit with a 10% tariff, despite lacking people or trade.

The tariffs are part of a new plan announced by President Donald Trump yesterday on what he dubbed "Liberation Day."

Social media users are having a field day with new tariffs imposed on islands that don't even have a human population.

This week, social media erupted after Trump’s April tariff announcements led to penguin tariff memes spreading like wildfire. On April 2, 2025, the president declared a national economic emergency and imposed sweeping new tariffs, starting at 10%, on imports from nearly every country.