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Rhiannon12866

(231,453 posts) Sat Apr 5, 2025, 03:49 AM 21 hrs ago

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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Trump's tariffs target a U.S. airbase and penguins - CBC News: The National (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 21 hrs ago OP

Most residents? ALL residents. There are no humans on the Heard and McDonald Islands. And there's no civilian economy Karasu 20 hrs ago #1

I'm sure that TFG knows nothing about these islands, wouldn't even be able to find them on a map Rhiannon12866 20 hrs ago #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

20 hrs ago

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

Reply to Karasu (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 5, 2025, 04:15 AM

20 hrs ago

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