Again...what does any of that have to do pooping on the idea of Apple investing $600b in the US economy and the benefits it will have on American families in the process?
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Apple Announces American Manufacturing Program, Promises to Spend $600 Billion
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Again...what does any of that have to do pooping on the idea of Apple investing $600b in the US economy and the benefits it will have on American families in the process?
If you weren't expecting Apple to bend the knee and kiss the ring, you haven't been paying attention.
Tim isn't just bending the knee because he feels compelled to do so "for the good of Apple". He is bending the knee because his personal political beliefs align with Trump's. He is a billionaire and he wants his tax breaks. Everything else is secondary and always has been.
So many good takes out there on all this ... This one caught my eye in particular
Apple has gone MAGA and sadly the eco system locks me in. Still I won't BUY any of this junk unless I HAVE to or when something breaks down. No more discretionary spending on Apple stuff. Thats my small contribution to the protest on Apple.
LOL, sure guy. Did Q tell you that?
It's so funny how many things that Trump does, he and his supporter like to project onto others. It's a very effective way to deflect.
And meanwhile, here's what the convicted rapist had to say about his daughter -- among many other incest-curious comments.
I'll just leave this here too:
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I hate to break it to you but there are no jobs coming back. These are empty promises. Trump already destroyed the job market, it’s over.
I’m so sorry you are so uninformed you think this is good thing.
I'll just leave this here too:
That GIF of him groping his daughter makes me want to vomit.
What an absolute POS.
OK but it isn't. I asked for specifics and yet you didn't name one
Than you haven't been buying anything or simply not paying close enough attention I guess.
There are 3 relevant countries in the world and no more than 3. US, China, and Russia. Sorry but them be the facts. Anyone else could disappear and the world would just roll on
I can't decide whether to laugh or mourn the sheer tragedy of your ethnocentric take.. but since empathy feels wasted here, I’ll just laugh and let the absurdity speak for itself. 🤣
Hey he loves to grab'em by the cat !!
( Beats the previous 'one' by miles.. but I still can't believe I voted for him.. twice 🥵.. )
This is so pathetic ... just sad and so pathetic...
It’s tough. That way feels much more civilised I agree.
But as long as capital can move easily across borders and the products it makes, can be imported/exported with negligible cost, companies will always choose the cheaper place to manufacture etc.
And that would be Mexico in this case.
Again, absolutely not an expert on what’s going on in the USA but the same thing is playing out in the uk.
Free trade has meant that good jobs have been sucked out of the uk for the last 40 years or so - and people are as mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore.
Cool story. Sorry for posting facts.
Speaking of which… the way America (Trump) turned its back on Ukraine after forcing them to give up nuclear weapons is going to tell the rest of the world to absolutely get your own nuclear weapons and never give them up.
Apple got some HUGE wins here imo. 1 free mass advertising pushing an American agenda and appealing to most Americans (USA at least). 2 negotiating to create and run their own electric utility. To me, this can't be understated as AI has some serious electric problems to overcome. Brilliantly done by Cook, imo.
I want good things for the country and the people here and don’t care who does it. If it’s Trump or Harris, I just want good things. Apple’s investment in the US as a good thing. It was a good thing when the original announcement occurred under Biden, and it continues to be a good thing under Trump. Why do you hate good things? Why do you people all root for failure just because who is running things? It’s so weird to want to shoot yourself in the foot.
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if production and jobs were returning to america based on it actually being better for business and better for the country, i'd be all for it.
however, these tariffs, that weren't thought through for even a second, just make us isolated from the global economy. that's not good. whatever production, jobs, etc that are actually brought here will be completely offset by the cost of goods skyrocketing and inflation becoming infinitely worse than it ever was under biden. didn't we all care a ton about inflation just last year?
but, as others have said, it doesn't matter. this headline is to placate a toddler. they are telling him what he wants to hear and will set wheels in motion, but only enough to continue to placate him for 3 more years. the second that reasonable people are back in control of this country, this headline will be forgotten and false.
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So then Apple pledged to invest $430 billion under Biden to placate Biden then? I mean, how does this work. Do companies only pledge hundreds of billions of dollars of investment depending on who is president? Of course not. That’s silly.
And I’m happy that investment is coming back to the US. It will create jobs, and not just jobs with Apple. It will boost towns and cities, create jobs that service the new buildings and the workers there. It will also mean we’re building sensitive technologies domestically rather than relying on hostile foreign powers and countries under threat from those powers.
I just don’t care about the politics and who is in charge. Again, I just want good things to happen for the US. Why don’t you?