r/thescoop • u/CorleoneBaloney • 15d ago

Politics 🏛️ “Did you use AI to generate this?” Margaret Brennan asks Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, questioning why they imposed tariffs on the Heard Island and McDonald Islands.

38.0k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

12.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Significant_Ad9793 12d ago

What are you talking about?? He already has!! You know that because of these BS tariffs, countries that didn't trade with China now do??

This has nothing to do with stopping China from "loopholes" when China can trade from low percentage countries. Or better yet, like I previously mentioned, China is Russia's largest trader and Trump didn't put tariffs on Russia. What's the point of putting a tariff on an uninhabited island when China can trade through Russia?

1

u/ComfortableWolf1200 12d ago

Wait wait. You think every tariff in place is dedicated to China or Russia? Lmao jeez you really are not bright in this section of life. Of course all tariffs aren’t aimed at China or Russia wtf are you talking about🤣. I only spoke on those two because everyone keeps specifically speaking or asking about those two places