Thursday Thoughts: Have you ever heard of the Heard and MacDonald Islands?

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Thursday Thoughts: Have you ever heard of the Heard and MacDonald Islands?

Neither had I until Trump levied 10% tariffs onto them. Oh…you can’t see them on the map? That’s because the letter ‘o’ in Macdonald covers them up. Well, that’s not exactly true, the upper arc of the letter ‘o’ in Macdonald covers them up.

Here’s a pretty photo of the Southern Ocean islands:

Where’s all the cities, you ask? Well, there are none. No people either. So why is Trump going after them? Simple. Their whole economic plan was not planned out, despite the assertion that he has the best team working on it.

Think I’m joking? Here is the last page of the tariff chart:

And here is who’s going to be affected:

Poor penguins…

Last thought: Do you want more proof on how disorganized the whole plan is? Here is the first page. Notice anything?

It’s not in alphabetical order, or high to low, or even in the volume of trade into the USA.

Who does that?

Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/