As soon as the President announced the list of reciprocal tariffs, social media was flooded with memes, with many sharing their hilarious takes on the issue.
Over the imposition of the tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a user joked, “Trump has put a 10% tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which has a population of ZERO people and is inhabited only by penguins. What do the penguins sell to the USA?”
Trump has put a 10 percent tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which has a population of ZERO people and is inhabited only by penguins.
What do the penguins sell to the USA? pic.twitter.com/KTN0YPvfFM– Orla Joelsen (@ojoelsen) April 2, 2025
“THE PENGUINS of HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS WERE ROBBING US MAKING US PAY VERY HIGH TARIFFS AMERICA IS BACK,’ read another post.
“THE PENGUINS of HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS WERE ROBBING US MAKING US PAY VERY HIGH TARIFFS AMERICA IS BACK.” pic.twitter.com/lmWZSpeBNK
— Buddy Lee Smith (@BuddyLee1970) April 2, 2025
On the 10% tariff on Ecuador, a user wrote, “Trump listed Ecuador as a currency manipulator even though Ecuador’s currency is…the US dollar.”
Trump listed Ecuador as a currency manipulator even though Ecuador’s currency is…the US dollar
— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) April 2, 2025
Referencing the famous Bollywood dialogue ‘Tareekh pe tareekh’, another user reacted to the 26% tariff on India and joked, ‘Tariff pe Tariff.’
Tariff PE Tariff#TariffWar #tariff #Trumptariffs #TrumpMeme #Modi pic.twitter.com/yGQcbbwYV2
– Rupesh Jaju (@Rupeshjaju) April 2, 2025
In another post, a user shared a collage of four pictures, writing, “The Trump tariff meme thread.”
The Trump tariff meme thread ????????#Trumptariffs #tariffs #stockmarketcrash pic.twitter.com/s1Yc8boPKg
— Bluechip Memes (@bluechip_memes) April 2, 2025
Another meme depicts the protagonists of the 2005 film Madagascar being astonished by the US’ decision to impose a 47% tariff on the East African country.
*47% TARIFFS ON MADAGASCAR pic.twitter.com/zeGG9Myzzo
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) April 2, 2025
You said TRUMP:
NO MORE TARIFFS NO, MORE TARIFFS pic.twitter.com/p2jvc0rsip– Narify (@WonoímeMi) March 27, 2025
Hey you guys!!! It’s liberation day!!!! pic.twitter.com/X6E9K6WyEE
— Lawyers, Guns and Money (@LawyersAnd) April 2, 2025
“Good news Trumpsters! You soon won’t notice how much your groceries cost because everything else is going to cost EVEN MORE,” wrote a user.
Good news Trumpsters!
You soon won’t notice how much your groceries cost because everything else is going to cost EVEN MORE. #Trumptariffs pic.twitter.com/Qsvxvt704f– just ???????? (@Jentusch) April 2, 2025
Trump’s tariff strategy pic.twitter.com/GvB0UeAPCI
— BuccoCapital Bloke (@buccocapital) April 2, 2025
I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset trying to destroy America from the inside, I’m simply saying if he was, it would look exactly like this.
– Mikel Jollett (@mikel_jollett) April 3, 2025
– Narify (@WonoímeMi) April 3, 2025
Under the new Trump plan, the US would impose a 27% tariff on Indian imports. Trump said the rate was calculated based on cumulative tariffs, including non-monetary barriers, imposed by a country on American goods. By this calculation, Trump said India imposes a 52% tariff on US goods.
