Pundits and social media users quickly mocked the Trump administration for imposing tariffs on islands that are unoccupied by humans and questioned whether any research went into enacting the tariffs. The Heard and McDonald Islands are also home to Australia’s two active volcanoes.

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

Social media users are having a field day with new tariffs imposed on islands that don't even have a human population.