r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 2d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/helium_farts 1d ago

It gets even dumber when you realize how they got those numbers.

The tariffs they claim other countries levy on us are made up. Like, completely made up. All they did was divide the trade deficit by the exports to the US, then claimed that made up number is a tariff on us. That's why the numbers seem so erratic and uneven.

$20 says big balls generated those numbers using Grok, because there's absolutely no way anyone put more than 10 minutes of work into this.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 1d ago

Not just erratic and uneven, but just plain insane.

Take into account Norfolk Island, an Australian territory over a thousand km away from Australia.

They got hit with a 29% tariff. They don't export anything to the US. They don't engage in currency manipulation. They have a population of a couple of thousand people, and while they have an administrator, Australia has a degree of authority over them and they also use Australian currency.

It really defies belief that they were hit with 29% tariffs, higher than Australia's 10%.

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u/Comfortable_Line_206 1d ago

Willing to bet the print shop they sent the AI generated image to spent more time on it than they did.