Apple CEO Tim Cook Joins President Trump in Tokyo

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump and other technology executives from the U.S. and Japan today at a closed-door dinner in Tokyo, in an effort to promote Japanese investment in the United States (via Bloomberg).

The dinner took place at the residence of U.S. Ambassador George Glass. President Trump used the event to highlight expected Japanese financing of U.S. projects under the $550 billion framework negotiated earlier in 2025, which was paired with tariff concessions on Japanese goods. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick outlined what he described as up to $490 billion worth of potential new Japanese-linked U.S. investment commitments.

Other attendees included Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Rakuten Chairman Hiroshi Mikitani, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Honda President Toshihiro Mibe, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, and Toshiba CEO Taro Shimada. Trump said they were "phenomenal business people" and that the United States "won't let you down."

Japan is one of Apple's most important markets. The company sources a range of critical components from the country, such as image sensors from Sony, panels from Sharp and JDI, batteries from Murata, and more. Cook did not speak at the event and no Apple-specific investments or policy announcements were disclosed.

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[masterhiggins]

Love it

 

[I7guy]

Mr. Cook is staving off excessive regulation of the App Store in Japan. But, it will be what it will be.

 

[IceCool]

Good stuff!

 

[Jeremy3292]

*Incoming liberals*

"ORANGE MAN BAD"

 

[tomtad]

His sycophancy knows no bounds

 

[delsoul]

In that list, OpenAI should be the last person invited anywhere, honestly. They love censorship and skewed information. Not sure that’s the right direction for japan moving forwards, they’d be better off creating their own.

 

[Robert.Walter]

*Incoming liberals*

"ORANGE MAN BAD"

True that (2nd part).

 

[switz]

Hopefully the Japanese are not subject to bribes.......

 

[Entilzha]

I’m sure this comment thread will be the usual bastion of level headedness it usually is.

Guy is doing what’s best for Apple. Japan is important to them.

 

[macman01101]

Love it! Hoping we get a USA freedom watch band soon from Apple! Tim Cook has been very pro America!

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Anyone see those usually well-off young adults that bring their dogs everywhere with them, including grocery stores and restaurants? Sometimes with a cute lil handbag or backpack to carry them in?

This reminds me of that.

 

[mlrproducts]

*Incoming liberals*

"ORANGE MAN BAD"

ORANGE FAN SAD.

 

[CWallace]

Hopefully the Japanese are not subject to bribes.......

The Japanese know how things work. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presented the President with a golden putter to match the golden driver that her protégé Shinzo Abe presented to him in 2016. She also intends to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

[rhinosrcool]

Maybe, Cook can take the IQ test (/s) and see if he's as smart as the Orange baby?
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)Version 8.1

 

[deathcab]

If you run one of the largest companies in the history of the world, you associate with the leader(s) of every major country that you do business with. Period. No exceptions.

 

[MilaM]

I'm looking forward to the announcement of the new (PRODUCT)RED MAGA PHONE line of iPhones.

 

[con2apple]

Guy is doing what’s best for Apple. Japan is important to them.

And here's the problem:

For years, Apple fans on Macrumors have been telling each other that Cook, as CEO of Apple, is acting solely—and I emphasize solely—in the interests of users.

Now do you understand the disappointment?

 

[con2apple]

of the new (PRODUCT)RED MAGA PHONE line of iPhones

First: It would be „PROJECT ORANGE“

Second: Have you seen the new color of the iPhone 17?

 

[JungleNYC]

Tim has extremely good political instincts and skills.

 

[con2apple]

If you run one of the largest companies in the history of the world, you associate with the leader(s) of every major country that you do business with. Period. No exceptions.

Explain that to the people who believed Apple's marketing lies.

"We care about the environment", "we stand for diversity", "we march in the Pride parade out of conviction"…

 

[spartan1967]

Cook is just making sure Trump is good with the amount donated towards the White House ball room.

 

[EM2013]

These days the lines get blurred between cnn and macrumors

 

[MilaM]

First: It would be „PROJECT ORANGE“

Second: Have you seen the new color of the iPhone 17?

What are you suggesting? The dear leader has a healthy tanned look, not orange.

 

[DocMultimedia]

I feel sorry for anyone that has to bow down to a king to avoid a bad thing from happening. Hopefully the king won't throw another tantrum. Meanwhile, today in Japan DT said American military might get sent to American cities to control the population. Will Tim discuss that with him?