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.

The internet did not miss its chance to lambast Donald Trump for placing a 10 percent tariff on an island only inhabited by penguins

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

Pundits and social media users quickly mocked the Trump administration for imposing tariffs on islands that are unoccupied by humans and questioned whether any research went into enacting the tariffs. The Heard and McDonald Islands are also home to Australia’s two active volcanoes.

The internet is flooded with memes after former U.S. President Donald Trump announced his latest round of tariffs. A meme fest is taking rounds showing penguins protesting against it, know more.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed a 10% tariff on an island with no people and lots of penguins, sparking a flurry of memes that have been going viral on the Internet.

The Trump administration imposed a 10% tariff on the penguin-inhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, leading to a wave of memes online.

Donald Trump’s tariffs have become a black and white issue on social media, where penguin memes have gone viral after he targeted a group of islands inhabited by the flightless birds, but no people. unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping tariffs that encompass Heard and McDonald Islands—Australian external territories near Antarctica that are completely uninhabited, save for some penguins.

The first week of April was always going to be a big one for Donald Trump with his much-hyped announcement on global tariffs -- but that was just one part of another frenetic seven days at the White House.