Trump has just threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on iPhones unless it moves production to the US. The threat comes a week after Trump declared that he’d “had a little problem with Tim Cook” 😬 www.theverge.com/news/673424/... - ThreadSky

tomwarren.co.uk • 32 days ago

Trump has just threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on iPhones unless it moves production to the US. The threat comes a week after Trump declared that he’d “had a little problem with Tim Cook” 😬 https://www.theverge.com/news/673424/trump-apple-iphone-tariff-25-percent-india

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87zoolemons.bsky.social•32 days ago

Bullies gonna bully.

fossil924.bsky.social•29 days ago

It doesn't matter Apple already beat the orange buffoon when the flew 600 tons of iPhones to America just before his tariffs. Btw Trump caved on his China tariffs like everyone predicted they went from 145% to around 25%.

ganonms.bsky.social•32 days ago

And 50% on the EU

ganonms.bsky.social•32 days ago

He's cooked

billnyeempires.bsky.social•32 days ago

Tim Cooked

tomwarren.co.uk•32 days ago

yup, wild times

marius2689x.bsky.social•31 days ago

With Trump nothing is predictable, maybe that’s why his businesses failing so miserably.

the-lone-wolf.bsky.social•32 days ago

I guess Tim said something the Orangutan didn't like.

berkleycox.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s a massive bummer to think the only future constitutional protections we might have is from corporate lobbyists to make sure stuff like this never happens again. Hope that inaugural photo was worth it Cook.

symbo1ics.bsky.social•32 days ago

Apple collaborating with a 2nd fascist in its dance with the domestic one, is an interesting note in this piece. What an absolutely soulless shit-ass company we do not need.

symbo1ics.bsky.social•32 days ago

🍿

"I hope everyone in this story dies" meme etc

wurdulac.bsky.social•32 days ago

They voted for him knowing he will go full dictator 🤷🏼‍♂️.

jacks.blue•32 days ago

I'm not a fan of apple but that is absolutely wild

probon.bsky.social•32 days ago

Cuing the bribe in 3...2...

nubianking.bsky.social•32 days ago

It already happened

metof50.bsky.social•32 days ago

the iPhone cannot be made in the US unless Americans are prepared to wait 15 to 20 years for their next iPhone.

marius2689x.bsky.social•31 days ago

Steve Jobs mentioned this problem already back in early 2010.

greenzombie.bsky.social•32 days ago

🤔 what if its a marketing trick to get people to upgrade their iPhone now before “tariff” raise the price.

andcam.bsky.social•32 days ago

He should say he’s happy to move it to the U.S. as soon as Trump increases education funding enough to produce all the extra Engineers that Apple will need to support this.

wernerj.bsky.social•31 days ago

It wasn't enough for Tim Cook to grovel at the inauguration. Now he's going to have to fall off his wallet and come up with something BIGLY. How do you come up with something bigger than a jumbo jet? I'm guessing BIGLY money.

broholics.com•32 days ago

But if most of the materials needed for iPhone production are sourced from China which currently has a 30% tariff, then wouldn't it still be more cost efficient to produce them in China.

Trump is really really stupid and Tim Cook was at the inauguration glazing that fool

stopthetories.bsky.social•32 days ago

It would still be cheaper to add the 25% onto the cost of the m phone and continue making them in China than to move production to the US

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