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Apple CEO Tim Cook Will Attend Trump Inauguration

I hope Tim Apple tells Donald I-love-tariffs Trump turning the tariff screws against Canada is quite stupid; really stupid. "Canada is not for sale." "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

Very much no!, the US does not "subsidize Canada". Donald is trying to devilishly slander Canada's reputation with Americans. His entourage will be a bunch of yes men and women. Who knows what kind of hell they want to unleash on Canada. Musk texts with Putin. Is he giving Trump pointers on how to setup a dicktatorship?
 
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Chungry said:
Corruption is a core competency of American politics. The system is how it works, as the saying goes. I mean, we've got both houses packed with people that have dual citizenship so...
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Dual citizenship with what other nation? What are you getting at?
 
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hieranonymous said:
I understand the necessary evil of this. The other tech bros are kissing the ring, and Cook needs to remain on the orange man’s good side for the sake of Apple’s corporate interests … but it’s still wild to behold. Nobody was sucking up to Biden like this. This is some third-world ish we’re looking at. Buckle up, I guess. It’s gonna be cringe 24/7 for the next four years (at a minimum).
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That’s because Trump didn’t use all the government power to try to send Biden to jail for life like Biden did. It’s guilty conscience, they know what they did, they know how they banned him from all social media so he couldn’t be heard, they know how they helped suppress every thing that was outside of the approved narrative. Apple forced Parler out of the AppStore, they allowed the suppression of free speech and they now they have to pay for what they did. Unfortunately Trump doesn’t keep his word and he won’t do anything against them, he will say it’s just politics.
 
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I hate to see it, but it's a drop in the bucket for Cook compared to what is at stake for Apple. Even if Trump's threats against "Big Tech" fizzle out, the damage they can do in the short-term is immeasurable. There won't be any rational backstop for the foreseeable future and it's better to be in the room than shouting from the sidewalk below if you want to have any chance at all of protecting your interests.
 
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That’s because Trump didn’t use all the government power to try to send Biden to jail for life like Biden did. It’s guilty conscience, they know what they did, they know how they banned him from all social media so he couldn’t be heard, they know how they helped suppress every thing that was outside of the approved narrative. Apple forced Parler out of the AppStore, they allowed the suppression of free speech and they now they have to pay for what they did. Unfortunately Trump doesn’t keep his word and he won’t do anything against them, he will say it’s just politics.
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The rightwing establishment controls the number one news network, we’ve never stopped hearing Trump’s endless spiels for one minute during the past four years, and Parler is readily available on the App Store.
 
I still can't get my head around the fact he gave money AND attends the inauguration of a misogynist, homophobic, criminal, felon president. This goes against all values at Apple.

Apart from the fact that he wants Apple to be tariff free but then again, he actually sent personal money.

At least this is what we perceive from the outside.
 
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anthogag said:
I hope Tim Apple tells Donald I-love-tariffs Trump turning the tariff screws against Canada is quite stupid; really stupid. "Canada is not for sale." "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

Very much no!, the US does not "subsidize Canada". Donald is trying to devilishly slander Canada's reputation with Americans. His entourage will be a bunch of yes men and women. Who knows what kind of hell they want to unleash on Canada. Musk texts with Putin. Is he giving Trump pointers on how to setup a dicktatorship?
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Having an EU type freedom of movement and freedom to work deal would be nice though.

To be completely honest, Trump will probably play nicer with Pierre Poilievre. He gave Trudeau a hard time last time too.
 
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thadoggfather said:
People still outraged over Tim's 1 mil donation which is really a gesture more than anything that can be put to use at scale, but have no issue, in fact non whatsoever, with Soros spending hundreds of millions perhaps even billions to influence elections and local politics because it perfectly aligns with lefty doctrine.

Brilliant.

...And let's leave out the tiresome identity politics canned rebuttal out of it that carries no weight. That it's a dog whistle to anti semitism when that has nothing to do with anything and no (valid) criticisms of him and his activities have anything to do with his heritage. Especially if you learn anything about the man and come to find that he hates Israel, doesn't think they have a right to sovereignty, and in fact looted from Jewish people before they were being sent off to concentration camps at a very early age and looks back on it fondly in 60 Minutes interview *as an old man adult* saying it was 'no problem, no problem at all' and 'happy making times' and 'if he didn't do it someone else would' so he has no moral stake in his actions and it is the period that 'defined him.' It makes even less sense with all that context in mind.

www.bloomberg.com

Soros Group Gives $60 Million to Super PAC That Boosts Democrats

A nonprofit founded and funded by billionaire George Soros donated $60 million in January to Democracy PAC, a super political action committee he uses to support Democrats, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.
www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com

Go ahead and call Bloomberg anti-semitic if it makes you feel better.
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It’s interesting you seemed so concerned about billionaires influencing elections but you don’t mention Musk spending nearly 5x what Soros did for Trump.

If you want to call out money in politics, it sounds a lot more honest when you call out both sides. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html
 
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Apple Fan 2008 said:
Having an EU type freedom of movement and freedom to work deal would be nice though.

To be completely honest, Trump will probably play nicer with Pierre Poilievre. He gave Trudeau a hard time last time too.
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Sure, an EU-type freedom to cross the border and work would be alright because Canada and the US have a good relationship.

Stupid Trump dicktator tariffs on Canada could work against a Poilievre-Conservative win in Canada if the 25% tariffs cause a lot of economic fallout.
 
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It’s interesting you seemed so concerned about billionaires influencing elections but you don’t mention Musk spending nearly 5x what Soros did for Trump.

If you want to call out money in politics, it sounds a lot more honest when you call out both sides. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html
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Should someone who looted from Jewish people before they were sent to concentration camps, and later boasted how proud he is to have done it as an old adult, and also hasn't created any products or services but yet has an entire organization designed to 'opening society' in vague terms while actually contributing to getting hellacious DA's elected/installed who repeatedly free violent criminals back into the public across the nation to cause further harm to innocent people, be allowed to intricately influence our elections with his vast wealth?

Does that seem reasonable to you?

Does it seem like he and his counterparts in his organization are on the good side of the moral compass, just if you had to take a wild guess?


The question is where is the outrage from people who are still pissed at Tim for donating a million to a frigging inauguration - which we can all concede doesn't really move the needle at all - when Soros has influenced much more heavily for elections? It simply isn't there for the reason that they don't actually have moral objections, they are just posturing.

If that's not the case- they upset at Musk and Tim, but Soros as well? I very much doubt that, based off of everything I've skimmed so far in these related threads. Not so much as a mention.
 
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marinersaptcomplex said:
I don’t understand the concern over this incoming administration. It’s not like the last Trump Presidency ended in a plague, riots, and death…oh.
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I don’t understand the election results. I think everyone else is just broadly kinda dumb and racist and everything was terrific for the past half decade. That must be it because minimal complaints. Tons of W’s.

If there was any L, it’s that they didnt do a good enough job communicating their victories through the media they already had overtaken 🤡 you know the ones we all should have easily observed and felt but couldn’t. Probably because the dumb and racist thing. that makes sense

LA is looking really vibrant these days. I might set that as my next home base.

Grocery prices are reasonable again. The border, totally under control. Violent crime? Figment of the right’s imagination.

I wish people understood just how competent and articulate Joe was. Wasn’t fair to have him up there reading teleprompters verbatim as much as they did taking pre vetted questions and with orchestrated responses. Again, a communication problem and a communication problem from the media. The same media that were and continue to be democrat cheerleaders.
 
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Tim should not attend, but as the CEO of Apple he has an obligation to attend. This country is changing for the worse. When we have billionaire CEO's attending an inaguration that is intended for political leaders. Who is policing these billionaires to run their companies in a proper and just way. I am hoping that we can get to the other side (4 years) without too much damage.
 
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