No. It’s was hedge bet at best. Anyone of Cook’s caliber has to KNOW Trump is fickle and manipulative first and foremost. This latest announcement serves some other purpose we don’t know yet.
He's probably sorry he didn't fondle tRump's balls better while he administered the Billionaire BJ they all volunteered for since Melania went on strike.
Evidently Tim Cook didn't buy his expected allotment of $TrumpCoin, and didn't get his fancy dinner invite where he could have made his request. Too bad. 🤷
Trump is anything but transactional.
Just ask those who have done business with him or worked under him.
Everyone who does business with Trump ends up regretting it.
The transaction is one sided.
Trump always wins and those who voluntarily came into his orbit lose and regret.
Perhaps he should consider moving Apple out of the country. The company could do very well concentrating its marketing on the rest of the world. He could do very well in Africa selling relatively inexpensive devices; it is a huge untapped market.
Don't these mega-corporations (Apple, Walmart, Target, etc.) have economists on their payroll to let them know when they're being conned?
Are these CEOs/COOs so fucking stupid to fall for the same old shit Heir Fubar has been shoveling? TWICE!
Narcissistic people are Judas like, this is a pattern for Trump. I can’t believe Cook was so naive. Trump makes people jump through a new hoop everyday, it’s all about control.
From this morning:
Tim Apple, I told your Apple store employee $1 million was chump change. She hadn't yet heard you'd also bent over and changed Apple Maps to Gulf of America. Be best!
Dear Tim Cook, as an Apple shareholder I'd like to know what we're getting from your friendship with Trump other than repeated blows to the stock price and the world turning its back on trade with America.
I’m not super smart but I know one thing - he’s a narcissist con man. Always has been, always will be. Don’t understand how these “geniuses” can’t seem to figure this out.
He's an ultra-wealthy, privileged and tone-deaf -- who stupidly believes that despite being a gay man, the trump cult won't come for him if this country becomes a full-on theocracy -- and also just doesn't care about this nation's survival. Glad to see him being humiliated.
Billionaires don't feel the same pain we do, most of them can lose a few million and feel nothing whereas I can lose a few hundred and feel everything.
I remember when CEOs of really big companies used their influence to make presidents and politicians of every stripe see their side of things. I guess those guys aren't around anymore.
Isn't it apparent, that it appears EVERYONE who sided or supported t-Rump EVENTUALLY gets screwed!! Republicans, TAKE NOTE, and a little WISE advice!!... you're next!!
If I was Apple guy, I would say to the 🍊🤡, you’ll be dead well before the factory opens and production costs will be such that a new iPhone will cost consumers $5000 each so fuck off.
Tim Cook answers to shareholders, Tim Cook has been wildly successful for that company and I’m sure his bank account or multiple bank accounts reflect that
He is not musk or Bezos or Zuckerberg
He is not a founder
unsurprising that a R like yourself
Play games with facts
Cook’s political judgement is more than suspect since he’s been trying to appease the felon since his first term, and the results speak for themselves.
These executives are touted as business “geniuses” yet they all keep making the same mistakes. The felon treats capitulators like shit, yet execs keep capitulating thinking they will be treated differently. What a bunch of dumb asses.
And Apple paying millions i to the turd’s inauguration….Tim Cook is another chuckle fuck being extorted rn. I’m sure if Apple bought 1million in trump meme coins this would all go away
He's probably feel the same as the rich oligarchs in Russia did when they thought Putin would be their puppet. That idea soon went out the window (whoops, bad taste d'ya think).
How is it that these seemingly super intelligent people running $1T corps, mega media conglomerates & Ivy League universities couldn’t see this coming - but all of us regular folks did?
It was totally predictable. People’s greed always clouds their judgement.
I’d like to see Tim be transparent about the portion on retail pricing is caused by tariffs. Then let the Apple cult come swinging back at POTUS and his congressional fan club.
I guess it’s not surprising that Cook, like many other richer-than-God CEOs who run multinational corporations with massive egos, think they’re built different and that they can reason with him.
The last few months have really shown how dumb these people really are. Plenty of us saw this shit coming 10 years ago and half of these rich morons still haven't figured it out. They are where they are because of greed and ruthlessness, not because of intelligence.
Billionaires always think the autocrat will protect them. He does not give a damn about anyone unless it adds to his wealth or adds to his autocratic goal of humiliation of anyone who does not bow to him. We really see how shallow people in power are. Resistance is the only way to defeat an autocrat
This is why you don't negotiate with terrorists or pay blackmailers. You can't pay them enough to leave you alone and by paying them you just send the message that you'll pay more. Every single person who bent the knee to Trump is learning this now.
He's a fool, I knew that when I saw his face at the awards ceremony where Ricky Gervais mentioned his sweat shops in China, Trump has no control over his actions or thoughts why would you trust a proven liar?
I think it's so sweet that Trump is only looking after our best interest. I am looking to choose if l want Black lung disease from his coal mines or arthritis from screwing little screws. What a guy!
Everyone of those guys are fucking idiots. I’m switching to android so fuck him too - just got the phone before the tariffs! Now 25% tariff on iPhones & 50% tariffs on European goods! Bunch of crooks.
Every one of those titans of industry that bent the knee need to feel Trumps knee on their neck. Maybe that'll stiffen their spine to fight this lunatic.
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I kid. Fuck you Tim. And the Apple you rode in on...
Trump will cave and the price will go up.
A lesson these supposedly clever people seem never to have learned.
Just ask those who have done business with him or worked under him.
Everyone who does business with Trump ends up regretting it.
The transaction is one sided.
Trump always wins and those who voluntarily came into his orbit lose and regret.
I'm sure a simple payment plan can settled via a signal chat with one of trumps bagmen.
The very top are generally WAY over their heads re process, knowledge, negotiating skill, et al.
Most got there via good ole boys and do not have a clue other than to pander to their masters.
They're good at that.
Are these CEOs/COOs so fucking stupid to fall for the same old shit Heir Fubar has been shoveling? TWICE!
Tim Apple, I told your Apple store employee $1 million was chump change. She hadn't yet heard you'd also bent over and changed Apple Maps to Gulf of America. Be best!
What’s a million dollars bribe compared to the 500. Million bribe from #Qatar
Open your hole up wider, #TimCook , trump is horny for you again.
Bend
Over
Here
It
Comes
Again
#FAFO 🤷♂️
Worthwhile gamble from his part to try to save billions.
Live and fucking learn, I guess.
Both are engaging to show resistance is useless, but tribute can be paid to make the king happy.
The knee is a durable hinge.
Can you get together with this guy? We need everyone on one track. You are the perfect link. 🙏
He is not musk or Bezos or Zuckerberg
He is not a founder
unsurprising that a R like yourself
Play games with facts
Gingrich gene?
All the promises he made to Trump and got him off apples back. He didn’t lift a finger to implement any of them last term.
🤣
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-tim-cook-thought-he-had-a-plan-b-for-trumps-tariffs-it-wasnt-enough-173618492.html
But bending the knee just ensures there is another transaction coming.
It was totally predictable. People’s greed always clouds their judgement.
Have iPhone sales tanked, relative to the cell phone sales as a whole?
Do you have any data?
https://bsky.app/profile/brewjew308.bsky.social/post/3lptpauw2fc2i
• Apple announced a $500 billion US investment plan.
And Trump fucked them both, because he’s a shithead.
You coined the most consistent of all universal truths!