MEIDASTOUCH NETWORK RON FILIPKOWSKI OFFER THIS TRUMP TARIFF LUNACY: 

… Sky News highlighted some of the most bizarre tariffs:

• The Heard and McDonald Islands, an external territory of Australia in the Antarctic is inhabited only by penguins and seals. Despite having no human residents - or imports and exports - the island now faces a 10% tariff for any goods bound for the US.

• Australian territory Norfolk Island, a volcanic island 600 miles east of Queensland, was also hit with a hefty 29% tariff on exports to the US. That's much higher than mainland Australia, which had a 10% tariff imposed. The news was met with confusion by some of Norfolk Island's 2,188 residents. Business owner Richard Cottle: "Norfolk Island is a little dot in the world. We don't export anything. It was just a mistake.”

• Tokelau, a dependent territory of New Zealand, with a population of around 1,600 people, and the Cocos Islands, another territory of Australia, home to around 600 people, were hit with 10% tariffs. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: “It’s a bit strange".

• Lesotho in southern Africa, listed as the 22nd poorest country in the world, has been slapped with the highest duty of 50%. It primarily exports diamonds and clothing.

• The 2nd-highest tariff went to Cambodia at 49%, even though the US is Cambodia's largest single-country export destination.

• Madagascar in east Africa, the world's 9th poorest country, will face 47% reciprocal tariffs. It primarily exports vanilla, cloves, and clothing.

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