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Rhiannon12866

(231,690 posts) Sat Apr 5, 2025, 03:49 AM Saturday

Trump's tariffs target a U.S. airbase and penguins - CBC News: The National

Donald Trump’s sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ reciprocal tariffs were described as ‘meticulously planned,’ but among the targets are the landlocked African nation of Lesotho, an island home to a U.S. airbase, and Australia’s Heard Island and McDonald Islands — where most residents are penguins. - Aired on 04/03/2025.

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Most residents? ALL residents. There are no humans on the Heard and McDonald Islands. And there's no civilian economy Karasu Saturday #1

I'm sure that TFG knows nothing about these islands, wouldn't even be able to find them on a map Rhiannon12866 Saturday #2

Karasu

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1. Most residents? ALL residents. There are no humans on the Heard and McDonald Islands. And there's no civilian economy

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Sat Apr 5, 2025, 04:11 AM

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on the Chagos Islands, either. JUST the military base.

Rhiannon12866

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2. I'm sure that TFG knows nothing about these islands, wouldn't even be able to find them on a map

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Sat Apr 5, 2025, 04:15 AM

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