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Apple CEO Tim Cook Invited Back to White House for Tech Event
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I know I give him crap for bending the knee, but I also feel for him. I'm sure he didn't want his job to turn into this.
This is the problem when you put a bully convict in charge, you don't get the luxury.
I think the real story is that Elon Musk was specifically excluded from the invitation list. Remember he is suing Apple.
Don't. He didn't need his job to turn into this, this was a conscious decision he made on his own and with great enthusiasm. He isn't bending the knee because he thinks he needs to. He's bending the knee because he wants to.
I don’t care if he shows up…I expect that. Where I get nauseated is when he bows down, bringing bountiful gifts of frankincense and myrrh. It’s pathetic. 🤮
This is one of the reasons why Cook is still CEO. For all his faults, he has been good at "handling" trump, both last and this time around.
Someone has to bow down and be humiliated. Better him than you. Be grateful for that.
Disgusting bending of the knee to an Adjudicated RAPIST & Convicted FELON!
The new Orange phone
Tim isn't humilated, I think he have a thing for the Orange guy - Orange phone 🧡
No, I’d strongly believe he feels humiliated. Anyone would. But that’s why he’s paid the big bucks, to be humiliated. The pay-off is protecting shareholder value. That’s his job.
The whole event is an exercise in humiliation. Tech CEOs are ordered to come to the White House to be lectured on AI by … Mrs Trump.
It is explicitly designed to be humiliating.
When Trump says jump, they have to say “how high?”. They have to sit and listen to someone with absolutely no experience of the tech industry on a tech industry subject, and they’ll have to smile and say “thank you” afterwards. And they’ll have to give money. Lots of money.
It doesn’t matter how much you like or don’t like Tim Cook. I wouldn’t wish this s*******w on anyone.
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He's bending the knee to protect shareholder value. And the truth is, he has to do it. Apple is very vulnerable because of how much of its manufacturing is outsourced. Apple needs tariff exemptions.
In order to get them, Cook has to do what Trump tells him to. The smart move (and it is a smart move) is that Cook tends to make sure that Cook does what Trump tell him to do, which is different to Apple doing what Trump tells Cook to do.
That's quite smart, because Trump doesn't make that distinction, but it's an important distinction.
Or put it another way: If Cook doesn't do this, your next iPhone is going to cost you a lot more money than if Cook does do this.
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Yep. The whole event is about humiliating as much of the tech sector as much as possible. It's a performance of who's in charge.
A much as I agree, he can't. The potential/inevitable downside is too devastating... For investors.
Don't worry, The System is working as designed.
Tim don’t forget to remind trump that he does not have a small penis
The day after Epstein victims speak out about the horrific abuse they faced at the hands of Epstein and many of his friends, allegedly including Donald Trump.
It just paints a picture of a person’s values when you see things so starkly like this
It just paints a picture of a person’s values when you see things so starkly like this
Everyone would benefit from Tim not going because it would show that the most powerful people in this country are no longer willing to play ball with a wannabe authoritarian government
I agree but the orange is is so unpredictable it is smart to be on the friendly even if moral say otherwise.
Maybe they have some first version the gold Apple Watch left. Pair it with happy pride or black life matters armband.
Even if morals say otherwise?
How far does one go with that rationale?
All the way to "but its' best to stay in Adolfs good graces"?
At some point you either stand for something as a person and a company, or you don't.
Apple and Tim Cook are losing every shred of respect I ever had for them here.
So many people that would just give the bully their lunch money in this thread.
Apple certainly has a choice. They're way too valuable to the US economy to have 47 cripple them with tariffs. They have leverage, they just don't want to hurt their image with a political fight against someone who is willing to lie, break the law, and turn an entire political party against them to get what he wants. While certainly the easiest path forward, appeasing the president's illegal threats lacks integrity and courage to do the right thing.
Kudos to Cook for standing his ground on the middle eastern trip, but the bribe was cowardly and short-sighted.
Apple certainly has a choice. They're way too valuable to the US economy to have 47 cripple them with tariffs. They have leverage, they just don't want to hurt their image with a political fight against someone who is willing to lie, break the law, and turn an entire political party against them to get what he wants. While certainly the easiest path forward, appeasing the president's illegal threats lacks integrity and courage to do the right thing.
Kudos to Cook for standing his ground on the middle eastern trip, but the bribe was cowardly and short-sighted.