What could have protected Apple other than a reasonable trade policy or a specific exemption? I don't think Trump would have done either for anyone.
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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Unless they swear fealty and pay him
No, I don't think that would have worked. Many did and it didn't work. These tariffs are Trump's pet project - he's not going to compromise on them easily.
Haven’t paid enough and haven’t kneeled hard enough yet.
Have they tried giving Trump ANOTHER Million dollars? Maybe a BILLION dollars? I Don't Know the Current Price for our Non Corrupt Administration!
It's supposed to trickle down anyway. They'll get it back. An investment in the future as it were.
No one except the top fascist wins in fascism. Literally anyone who has read history can tell you that.
Famously even fascists don't win forever.
Trump’s answer, however, may simply be demanding that Apple brings production home.
At present only a small number of high-end Mac computers are made in America. The president would see it as a vindication of his policies if the stamp on the back of the iPhone said: “Designed by Apple in California, made in America.”
Zetter says there is no chance of that. “There is no single location in the Americas that can amass a workforce of 800,000-plus like Foxconn can in China,” he says. “Apple currently has extremely limiting options beyond exemptions and negotiations.”
This is gonna be like watching a slow motion car crash.
Tim Cook sold Apple’s principles for safety and now he has neither.
No one could have seen this coming. Especially not the people that warned this is exactly what would happen.
Maybe they didn’t kneel hard enough?
Or Tim didn't say thank you for being allowed to join the inauguration.
Too bad for poor Tim Apple
One bad Apple spoils the bunch.
the rotten apple effect