#mcdonald island

[tmninjagirl]

[ryukisgod]

[my-midlife-crisis]

I think the reason Trump put a tariff on

McDonald Island is because Trump probably thinks that is where big macs come from.

[steelbluehome]

I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!

[johnlatter]

How Donald Trump fans Err in dismissing Hands Off protests

Interesting reactions from Trump supporters to the world-wide demonstrations held on 5 April 2025 against Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and to a lesser degree, J.D. Vance, include, "They're Trump haters!", "They're being paid!", and, "They're funded by George Soros!"

These reactions are indicative of immature people whose knee-jerk responses to anything they don't like is caused by internal reaction with their psychological issues, causing them to, "lash out" at the perceived culprit(s).

If the recipient of such abuse rolls over and lies down then they feel righteously justified and may give no further consideration to the matter. 

On the other hand, if the victim does indeed lie down, then the "immature person" may take steps to ensure the victim never gets up again. "Immature person" in this context is, of course, an euphemism.

(As an aside, consider how Donald Trump described The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, as a "sleazebag!" for being the whistle blower who authored the, "Signalgate" controversy.)

Anyway, such internal short-circuiting is a false economy as this anecdote shows:

A man considered going into therapy but finally rejected the idea on hearing that his therapist was in therapy of his own:

"How can he be any good if he needs therapy himself?"

If the therapist's need for therapy is equated to struggling to ride a 750 cc motorcycle, then he would be quite capable of temporarily putting the motorcycle to one side and saying to the man:

"Ah, I see that you're having difficulty riding a child's bike with stabilisers on. I know all there is to know about it and the first thing I suggest you do is turn around and actually face the handlebars, else you're going nowhere".

For all I know, the man is still going, "nowhere".

It's the same with Republican party members who describe the Hands Off! protesters as, "Trump haters". All they're doing is projecting their own capacity for "hate" onto people who may not be hateful at all but who are simply expressing a natural anger at what is happening in US politics.

Anger, of course, has, "a beginning, a middle, and an end". Hate, by way of contrast, just goes on and on, forever in the wings waiting to be triggered again, and again, and again: the people who develop it probably don't know that handlebars exist...

The AI Art image shows penguins of Heard Island and McDonald Islands showing their solidarity with their human counterparts over tariffs 😊

If you have the time (and inclination!) please visit this post on X.com where it has been "shadow banned" (i.e. restricted circulation).

[cat-mermaid]

it pegins

[joe-england]

At any time.

They could stop this all right damn now.

[eltristan]

It's *not* a "pause" ...

Stop saying it's a "pause" — it's still 10% tariffs against the 🐧 and everyone else!

Your "de minimus" shipments (under $800) that used to be exempt, are now still going to be intercepted and you'll still have to pay Trump tariffs.

It's an escalation of Trump's tariff war against China now: >100% *_!?_*

Here isn't any fucking "pause" here, 90-day or otherwise! Are you Americans all that stupid and innumerate!??? #Trumpism

[rrriot-kitty]

The Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said “we live under a tariff regime” when asked about the tariffs put on the uninhabited (except by penguins) Heard and McDonald Islands by Jake Tapper

[saywhat-politics]

[pupchao]

art i made recently based off an old 2000's mcdonalds promo!!! i love THE DOG

[hatsunemikuismyspiritanimal]

Ferdinand, before the tariffs on the islands

After

But in all seriousness, how stupid do you have to be to put tariffs on a bunch of islands that don't even have humans on them. That is some clown behavior right there. -69 million IQ move bruh.

[lil-pumpkin-ghost]

Not the criminal dumbass in office placing tariffs on the penguins! 😂😭

[ocean-sailor]

'Reciprocal' tariffs against penguins ??? 🐧