India, April 9 -- Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs-already sparking global retaliation from China and Europe-have now drawn attention from an unexpected group: penguins. That's right. Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a remote Australian territory in the southern Indian Ocean, have become unexpected stars of a social media meme fest after being slapped with a 10 per cent US import tariff-despite having no human residents, trade, or even recent visitors.

These desolate islands, home only to penguins and seals, are so isolated that it takes a gruelling two-week boat journey from Perth to get there. In fact, no human has reportedly set foot there in nearly a decade.

The irony of flightless birds living in one of the most unreachable places...