Apple CEO Tim Cook Attends Executive Tech Summit at Trump Tower

[ackmondual]

Tim to Donald: "let's make America thinner!"

heh... starting with the president elect himself
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I've seen this comment in a few places and I think it's unfair to judge Tim's thoughts on the meeting by a single photo picked from possibly a hundred photos.

There were moments when Tim was laughing, frowning, coughing or cross-eyed (even for a brief second). It's really easy to pick the one that aligns with the narrative and run with it.

Despite his personal feelings, Tim is a business-man first and he seems to approach every situation with a fresh opinion and open mind and if Trump wants to put more American to work, offer Apple a tax-holiday on their offshore holdings and reduce regulations to allow the iPhone to be made here, Tim would very quickly put aside his personal opinions and do what's best for the shareholders of Apple. I think it's incorrect to judge a single photo on how Tim felt in the entire meeting.

Check Getty, AP, Reuters and other image sites that have photos for sale and I'm sure you'll find another photo of Tim cook smiling.

http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/tim-cook---business-executive?family=editorial&license=rm&phrase=tim cook - business executive&excludenudity=true&sort=best#license

^^ This
Some folks wondered why Apple was still working with Samsung despite all the lawsuits being slung around at each other.
For Apple, Samsung has a solid, established facilities and processes for making screens, and other tech components. They have what they need.
For Samsung, Apple is a big customer for them, and they're making good money from this relationship.

Despite the legal hostilities that ensued, at the end of the day, it's business for both firms.

 

[miknos]

Why on earth were Trumps children at this meeting??? Aren't they running his businesses??? Trump will go down in history as the most corrupt president America has ever had.

Most corrupt in history for their children attending a public meeting? Liberals be craaazy!
If it were illegal, It wouldn't be public information (their children attending). If I were Trump's son I'll be asking him to attend too and meet all those executives.

- Tim, when are you going to update the Mac Pro?
- Larry (Page), stop looking at my personal pics! BTW, can you get me access to some celeb pics?
And so on.

 

[simonmet]

Apple manufacturing in China has nothing to do with red tape. It's got everything to do with dirt cheap Chinese labour, weak employee protections and a massive population that are prepared to work in such poor conditions to get ahead.

Can cutting red tape create the conditions where manufacturing in America is attractive again? I don't think so. So long as they can exploit cheap Chinese labour and with an infrastructure already set up to support manufacturing at their scale they will stay.

Probably the only things that would work are protectionist tariffs and a move away from globalisation. Trump will have to walk the walk to make this happen, or perhap's he's just all talk after all. I suspect the latter but you never know.

 

[miknos]

I'm most definitely no fan of Trump, but I have to admire this kind of approach. It's very unusual, seems like a break in protocol from the norm, and he just want to cut red tape to help businesses do better in the USA. It'll certainly be an interesting couple of years.

Me neither (I just hate Hillary). Trump wants to be the best president in history and MAGA. He knows businesses are the engine of the economy and want to help them create wealth. What scares me is all his talks about tariffs. Hopefully is bluff. Otherwise, its gonna make products more expensive for all americans. Again, he's a business man (a successful one) so thank god he's not a socialist.

 

[Internet Enzyme]

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Trump Tower along with other prominent tech executives on Wednesday as they gathered in New York for a summit with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who was accompanied by three of his adult children.

According to The New York Times, the meeting was attended by 11 other tech executives, including Alphabet's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, and Tesla's Elon Musk. Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence was also at the table.

Cook sat two seats away from Trump, beside Facebook board member and Trump transition official Peter Thiel, and listened as the president-in-waiting began by heaping praise on the executives in the room.
According to The Wall Street Journal, executives were then invited to introduce themselves one by one.
A number of issues were discussed once the press were ushered out of the meeting room. According to several executives who attended the meet, topics included trade, immigration, and vocational education - the latter being one of the main reasons Cook has previously given for why most Apple products are made in China.

Trump has rebuked Apple in the past for basing the vast majority of it assembly plants in other countries. While campaigning earlier this year, Trump said "we're going to get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries", while he has also threatened to introduce a 45 percent tax on products imported from China.

According to USA Today, Trump also told executives at the meeting that he planned to slash the corporate tax rate in the U.S. in order to make it a lot easier to repatriate money kept overseas.
The meeting reportedly ran for two hours and included "productive discussions about job creation and economic growth", said incoming White House Chief of Staff Renice Priebus. At the end of the summit, Trump suggested, and tech leaders agreed to, meeting quarterly, according to a person briefed on the meeting.

Cook was a Hillary Clinton supporter during the election campaign and hosted a fundraiser for the Democratic presidential nominee in August on behalf of himself. In a company-wide memo issued following Trump's victory, Cook urged Apple employees to "move forward together" despite "uncertainties ahead".

Despite any personal misgivings he may have had in the past, Cook reportedly stayed at Trump Tower after the summit was over to meet privately with the President-Elect for further discussions.

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Repatriation is a ****ing joke. I doubt hes going to enact any of thode import taxes. He'll probably just do what he did with carrier, which was kinda ******

 

[TallManNY]

I'm most definitely no fan of Trump, but I have to admire this kind of approach. It's very unusual, seems like a break in protocol from the norm, and he just want to cut red tape to help businesses do better in the USA. It'll certainly be an interesting couple of years.

There will be breaks from norms for sure. But the president-elect meeting with business leaders is a perfectly normal thing that happens after every election. Obama was dealing with the Great Recession during his president elect period as well though this was during a major world wide crisis (and frankly since the election was looking like a blowout fairly early, Obama was being treated like a President Elect for a while before the election).

 

[newdeal]

Not all Canadians feel this way.

well if likes on a geek blog site are any indication my opinion beats yours 54 likes to 15. Thats not a good ratio for a PM that won a majority a year ago

 

[R.Perez]

well if likes on a geek blog site are any indication my opinion beats yours 54 likes to 15. Thats not a good ratio for a PM that won a majority a year ago

Good thing they aren't any indication then eh? I'd ask if you understand the concept of a representative sample but I already know the answer.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval rating has dipped slightly but the federal Liberals continue to ride high in public support as Parliament prepares to resume after the summer recess, a new poll shows.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/14/trudeau-and-liberals-dip-slightly-in-latest-poll.html

 

[kettle]

Tim to Donald: "let's make America thinner!"

Quality comment. thank you

 

[Defthand]

I suspect Trump won’t have to actually motivate Congress to pass any legislation that penalizes American businesses for outsourcing their manufacturing and sheltering their global profits. Trump, as you’ve seen, is a master of character assassination, shaming and discrediting others. If he publicly calls out a CEO or company for acting indifferent to American interests, the PR effort alone will cause most companies to save face and make compromises. Gotta love how he insinuated that the aviation giants were fleecing taxpayers with the new Air Force One plane and troubled F-35 fighter.

 

[AppleFan360]

Agreed. And I'd prefer Justin over that bigot any day.

When has he ever did anything to suggest he was a bigot? You've been watching too much CNN.
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Fact is, Liberals are all "open minded, respect all views, etc" UNLESS those views differ from their own.

Then they viciously attack. Nice, right? Unreal.

EXACTLY! Many of them tend to be arrogant as well.

 

[kettle]

We are so lucky to have had the innovative immigrants we have who have made the US their home, and I hope Trump realizes that.

Albert Einsteen was a Jewish refugee.

Elon Musk is from South Africa.

The US's unusual success in the 20th century was in part due to the talent we attracted from around the world, including groups that were maligned at the time (and who still are to some extent). We have not done a good job in electing Trump at sending a message that the US is still the right place for the world's most talented to work. People who come to the US and set down roots are Americans, meaning their success is a shared success.

How condescending of you - you do know what condescending means don't you? Further, you do realise how America came to be? (rhetorical) - why would, in your humble opinion, a president elect be so inferior to your own powers of understanding? - will you be running next time?

Luckily I'm incredibly tolerant of the human condition - and am not offended by your comment. thanks.

 

[Carlanga]

Oh I see you don't know what else to say.
You wrote: "I just want to know why his adult kids where a part of this government meeting?"
I wrote: "Because it's not a government meeting."
You replied: "lmao, no? I mean there is a big president elect emblem on the tv screen and everything..."
I replied: "That is not a government meeting. "

who's twisting words now?

Oh I see you don't know what else to say.
You wrote: "I just want to know why his adult kids where a part of this government meeting?"
I wrote: "Because it's not a government meeting."
You replied: "lmao, no? I mean there is a big president elect emblem on the tv screen and everything..."
I replied: "That is not a government meeting. "

who's twisting words now?

you are, you didn't even quote the reply for which you are replying at. Keep living in the clouds!

 

[AppleFan360]

Really? Are you seriously asking this question?????

...and the jeopardy music continues to play.

 

[humanresources]

[Back then] Donald Trump: "Who does Apple think they are?!"

Eye ****s Donald now

Tim : "Say it to my face bitch"

 

[kazmac]

LOL... that expression though.

 

[yaxomoxay]

you are, you didn't even quote the reply for which you are replying at. Keep living in the clouds!

Ok... bold is mine.

And ONE...

I just want to know why his adult kids where a part of this government meeting? Feels like insider knowledge. Of course, he could always tell them whatever happened inside or give them documents, but its not the same as them being inside the actual meeting.

Because it's not a government meeting.

And TWO...

lmao, no? I mean there is a big president elect emblem on the tv screen and everything...

I can put the same emblem on my screen. That is not a government meeting. It's a fact, and no you can't make your own fact about this.

And THREE...

what, lmao, stop trying to twist my words.

 

[Larry-K]

What work is he starting to get done exactly? So far the only things I noticed was upsetting the British PM and getting a rebuke, upsetting the Chinese government, and being best chums with a man who is responsible for the death of thousands in Syria.

That's true, but this may be the high-point of his administration.

 

[coolbreeze]

...and the jeopardy music continues to play.

Gonna be a long, repetitive loop....and we wait..

 

[EightyTwenty]

What a load of crap.

He's done more in 1 year for our international deals, climate change initiatives and started the ball rolling on reforming our drug policies, electoral reform, rolling back Harper era unconstitutional laws, all while taking selfies.

Don't let that good old conservative narrative show through

Now Trudeau ain't perfect. I expect him to honour his promises and I will hold him to it, but to repeat this mindless conservative talking point about doing nothing and only taking selfies is juvenile and factually wrong

He's not been perfect so far, but you can track what he's been doing

https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/
(BTW: this page is not run by Trudeau or the liberal party and is a 3rd private party who decided to run it. Trudeau himself has said he reguarly checks the site as it gives him feedback on how he's doing)

And to think trump is somehow already better than Trudeau for the appointments he's done is terrifying. Heck, I'd still prefer Harper over a trump anyday

I really hope you are joking. Trudeau is an absolute farce. His approval rating has plummeted. Even Liberal voters are starting to think he is a joke.

 

[9081094]

This says it all really...View attachment 678143

It's a parody of the muppet show... you sure it isn't a doll?

 

[spacemnspiff]

Tim to Donald: "let's make America thinner!"

Not going to happen, he loves his candy a bit much.

Again, he's a business man (a successful one)

Bankruptcy is probably the new definition of success. Hopefully he doesn't lead the country to that, one can only hope. If it does end up worse than before, one can say 'Every nation gets the government it deserves'.

 

[dan110]

It's not BS - Republicans bitched about Hillary trying to get health care reform for years - suddenly you're all now saying its ok. That's rather hypocritical. Either play the high ground or don't. you can't have it both ways. And there's a huge difference - his children are actively running his private companies.

Ma'am,

You're portraying, healthcare, economics, and historical facts at the level of a grade school child.

(1) Dems have made healthcare in America worse by a long shot and even the government itself has conceded that. Centralization and forcing alleged "free citizens" to pay for something they don't want is blatant "socialism". Americans have made their voices heard. They don't want Obamacare nor do they want socialism.

(2) What does Republicans bitching about Hillary have to do with anything? Her plans were schnit then and they are apparently schnit now.

(3) His children ARE running his businesses (as they should be) AND will be helping him in his transition into the role of POTUS. Much like when Bobby Kennedy (a Democrat) was made the US Attorney General by his brother President John F Kennedy (conveniently forgotten). Did anyone cry, "The most corrupt President!", then?

Furthermore, this is no different than when Obama hired a family member of each top network exec into positions at the White House. Or how about John Kerry's son-in-law who has deep ties to Iran's foreign ministry. I can go on and on.

This is why the Clintons lost after spending over a $1+Billion dollars (significant amount of foreign funds) and parading every entertainer and SJW they could find to get people to vote for their bankrupt policies and platform.

Please stop drinking the "Hope & Change" blue Kool-Aid. Trump is the President. For better or for worse. Be more objective and factual. Stop with the "Sky is falling!" nonsense and move on. People will respect and listen to your view points more often.

 

[AZREOSpecialist]

Trump has fooled many of you just as he fooled the electorate in WI, MI, PA, and NC.

This meeting is not about the tech industry or those who attended. It is 100% about Trump summoning all of the wealthiest and largest corporations to Trump Tower to sit around a table where he is at the center. He said nothing of substance, and when he did say anything, he basically took credit for the stock market going up and joked that those around the table must be thankful to him for that.

He is an orange oompa loompa fraud and nothing more. A narcissist at the core. What a great press he gets for snapping his fingers and everyone from Silicon Valley comes to see him to kiss his ring. Apple should have declined the invitation, instead inviting Trump to visit Cook in Sunnyvale. This is insulting to anyone in a CEO position, especially to someone like Elon Musk who has put everything on the line to save our planet from climate change, only to sit at a table directed by someone who remains willfully ignorant of science and facts.

Trump's children had NO BUSINESS there, but we all know Trump is using his new elected position to enrich his family. What a disaster this is going to be for America. Complete and total disaster. Those who voted for Trump or did not vote for Clinton will have blood on your hands when the economy crashes. I can only hope that this peach phantom gets impeached before he can do too much damage.

 

[yaxomoxay]

He said nothing of substance, and when he did say anything, he basically took credit for the stock market going up and joked that those around the table must be thankful to him for that.

When are you going to send me the minutes? Seems like you know what was said in the 120 minutes they were in the room.