Donald Trump slaps rates on islands inhabited only by penguins. Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick says ... | Today news

US trade secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday defended the inclusion of remote hearing and McDonald Islands in President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan, despite the islands that had no human population, or that the US Trump’s broad tariff is, where only Penguins live, President Trump has a livestock. Directed is US trade deficit with about 60 countries. But observers noted that the White House public tariff list also included the Heard and McDonald Islands – a barren Australian territory in the South Indian Ocean, best known for its penguin population and a complete lack of residents or exports. CBS-Grills Lutnick on “Penguin rates” during an interview with CBS News, Lutnick was asked to be a standards why uninhabited islands are targeted with no trading activity. “Why do the Heard and McDonald Islands, which do not export to the United States and are literally inhabited by penguins, why do they have a 10%rate? Did you use AI to generate it? ‘ Ask the CBS anchor. Lutnick denied the use of artificial intelligence in setting up the tariff list and replied: “No. No, the idea – the idea is that there are no countries left.” Lutnick Lutnick has left no loopholes for merchandise, says Lutnick Lutnick argued that leaving any territory of the list opens the door for the trade manipulation by other countries, especially China. “If you have something off the list, the countries that are trying to go to us through the countries are going to go to us,” he said. He has quoted in advance by countries to bypass US rates by redirecting exports through third countries. “The president knows it, he’s tired of it, and he’s going to fix it,” Lutnick added. CBS has printed the secretary on the plausibility to send goods through the deserted, icy islands into the sub-Antarctic. “By the heard islands?” Ask the anchor. But Lutnick held on, “These ridiculous loopholes. And now, what he’s trying to say is, I’m going to solve the trade deficit of the United States of America. This is a national security issue.” ‘Build America in America’ Lutnick ends with a broader message about confidence and economic patriotism. “We have to make medicine. We must make semiconductors. We need to make ships. We must have steel and aluminum. Come on, we need the greatness of America to actually be built in America, ‘he said. “He’s tired of tearing down the rest of the world.”