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Tim Marcin
Tim Marcin
Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, and the occasional hot take. You can find him posting endlessly about Buffalo wings on the website formerly known as Twitter at @timmarcin.
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Penguins were hit hard by tariffs. Credit: Mashable composite: (L) Kanus/ullstein bild via Getty Images / (R) Spencer Platt/Getty Images
President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffsWednesday evening. A 10 percent tariff on nearly allimports is paired with steeptariffs ondozens of other countries, including China, Vietnam, Japan, and remote, uninhabited islands primarily home to penguins.
To be clear, the costs of tariffs are primarily picked up by U.S. businesses, which can then pass on that cost to consumers. The stock market has plummetedamid serious concerns of a recession, and, in short, the U.S. economy is spiraling downward.
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But hey, at least we've got memes. After the announcement, the tariffs were pretty much all the internet could talk about. Here are nine of the best responses, memes, and reactions.
1. Those pesky tiny nations
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2. Rage texting
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3. Honestly...smart
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4. Who now?
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5. To be honest, I actually get the IPA.
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6. They don't even know
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7. More penguins
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8. History, baby
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9. And finally, "girl the tariffs" indeed
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Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, and the occasional hot take. You can find him posting endlessly about Buffalo wings on the website formerly known as Twitter at @timmarcin.
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