BRENNAN: The countries seem kind of random. Why are the Heard and McDonald islands, which don't export to the US and are quite literally inhabited by penguins, why do they face a 10% tariff. Did you use AI to generate this?
LUTNICK: Heh heh heh. No.
LUTNICK: Heh heh heh. No.
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I bet they were the first to point out the fucking penguins and we're off to the races...
https://www.casino.org/news/howard-lutnicks-cantor-gaming-paid-22-5m-to-settle-illegal-gambling-charges/
Good luck.
There’s a desperation to it when a man talks the way he does.
Afraid to let the person interviewing say anything more because he’ll have to lie his way out of that, too.
Stinks of incompetence and corruption.
Instead he tries to rationalise it, make it seem meaningful instead of what it was... a silly mistake.
There's something wrong with these...
He's made himself look a bigger dick than if he'd just told the truth, laughed it off, and squelched the story.
Meanwhile those countries don’t buy or sell anything to America.
You might as well say “we cut $300,000 off a Bugatti for everyone earning under 100k a year!!”
“Aren’t we special?”
It was genuine stupidity.
Says everything about his lack of courage and principle
The only reason not to is if you're full of shit and make stuff up. And if you do, well, you're still full of shit and make stuff up.
And they got pulled up because there were errors in shipping documents.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revealed-how-trump-tariffs-slugged-norfolk-island-and-uninhabited-heard-and-mcdonald-islands
Btw…no tariffs on Russia.
"Heh heh heh. No" means: How the fuck did they find out
Pricks.
Chump surround himself with morons so he can be the smartest person in the room.
Trust me that's a very very low bar.
Can we officially change the phrase "fvck-up" to "Trump-up" now?
FUBAR=TUBAR
Trump is America’s enemy #1.
Trump is a threat for our very existence!!💀🐀🦠
TRUMP MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY!!
The damage he’s causing to our country, laws, institutions, human rights etc. etc. etc
All will be irreversible!!
#RemoveFelonFakePresidentTrumpAndHisCriminalEntourage
🆘🇺🇸🗽
It cracks me up every time.🤣
Because...we are all penguin.😂🤣🐧🐧🐧✌️
Even Heard and McDonald Islands is ridiculous - there are no facilities there. Is he suggesting countries will provide a fake shipping location + customs won’t know?
Or what a country is
These guys can’t make sense, and they can’t lie very well, which makes it so frustrating to hold a conversation with them.
I would love to know Vietnam and Cambodia are tariffed so high.
I think you need to shut up you are telling on yourself.
And cut off completely
Asking about Penguins and Islands.
The real question is why is he crashing the economy and making Americans poorer. And why don't you stop him.
(* Boris Johnson technique to distract from the real issue)
For soliciting bribes to bypass them.
Even from penguins.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lm5p7x6ohs2e
If anything comes through Russia, don’t buy it.
Mortifying
You mean like you left RUSSIA off the list?
Great idea, Lutnick!
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Oh, that's a good solid explanation, that is . . .