https://www.newsweek.com/brooke-rollins-confronted-tariffs-islands-penguins-live-2055997

President Donald Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was confronted during a CNN interview on Sunday over why the administration has levied tariffs on islands only inhabited by penguins.

The tariffs are part of a new plan announced by Trump last week on what he dubbed "Liberation Day." The plan included a universal 10 percent tariff on all imports from countries and higher tariffs on dozens of others.

Tariffs targeting uninhabited volcanic Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a remote territory inhabited only by penguins, seals, and seabirds were included on Trump's list. The move raised eyebrows, as many questioned the need for tariffs on the islands.

Rollins appeared for an interview on CNN's State of the Union hosted by Jake Tapper on Sunday. Tapper pressed the agriculture secretary on tariffs, including questioning the reason behind the levies targeting the remote penguin-inhabited islands.

"You're imposing a 10 percent tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands. The Heard and McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants. They had zero exports. They had zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins. Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?" the CNN anchor asked.

In response, Rollins tried to dismiss the question.

"Well, I mean, that—come on Jake. Obviously...," she said, then chuckled. "Here's the bottom line. We live under a tariff regime from other countries."

Tapper interjected, saying that the islands are not "imposing" tariffs.

Rollins ignored the pushback, saying: "We have too long ceded the idea that America goes first. I mean, come on, whatever. Listen, the people that are leading this are serious and intentional, patriotic—the smartest people I ever worked with."

She then distanced herself from the formulas used to calculate tariffs, noting that she did not "come up" with them. However, she said in her role as agriculture secretary she was involved in "a lot of conversations" to ensure farmers concerns were represented.

Rollins said Trump has the "utmost confidence in the team and what they have built and what they have put together." She said the administration is "unleashing a new golden age."

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-runs-brutal-montage-of-trump-complaining-about-obama-golfing-too-much-after-he-skips-dignified-transfer-to-hit-the-links/

CNN aired a brutal montage of golf-loving President Donald Trump complaining about former President Barack Obama golfing too much as president, after Trump’s decision not to attend a solemn military ceremony on Friday.

CNN’s Abby Phillip introduced the montage on Friday on NewsNight by highlighting that Trump was currently swinging his clubs while tariffs have led to the stock market taking some big hits. The president has also faced backlash for golfing instead of attending the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members at Dover Air Force Base. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was in attendance to greet the remains.

Trump is currently at his Doral golf resort participating in a LIV Golf tournament. The White House released a statement on Saturday touting the president’s apparent success on the course.

“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow,” the statement read.

On Friday, Phillip referenced an anonymous White House official telling The Washington Post that Trump has reached the “peak” level of “not giving a fuck” when it comes to tariffs and bad media stories about him. The CNN anchor argued Trump golfing amid economic strife is proof the statement is true.

In the various clips from 2015 and 2016, Trump promises he won’t have time to golf when he’s president as he blasts Obama for hitting the links so often.

“Obama, it was reported today, played 250 rounds of golf,” he said at a 2015 rally.

At a 2016 rally, Trump accused Obama of relying too much on “executive orders” because he “doesn’t have enough time because he’s playing golf.”

“I’m going to be working for you,” Trump said in another 2016 clip. “I’m not going to have time to play golf.”