Apple Plans to Build Three 'Big' Factories in the United States

[JPack]

I would be surprised if the United States has any capability manufacturing any kind of consumer electronics, much less sophisticated ones with components sourced in Asia.

More likely these big factories will be manufacturing silicone cases, data cables, and screen protectors.

 

[noekozz]

As soon as I read the quote I knew it was Trump. Perhaps they will, perhaps they won't, but anything that comes out of that Clown in office should be taken with a grain of salt. It's the same crap he celebrated about the Carrier plant, and here they are laying off workers.

 

[Juicy Box]

I don't mind US companies getting tax breaks if it means creating more jobs.

If more jobs is the case, I don't mind it either.

Also, lower corporate tax to be more competitive in the world.

 

[satchmo]

Has Tim ever come out (pardon the pun) as being either a Republican or a Democrat?

 

[jonnyb]

Trump is such an entertaining and yet utterly terrifying guy. The terrifyingest.

 

[currocj]

Wonderful trump shot hahaha

They purposely pick the most unflattering image, every single time #MSM
And please don't lecture me that wsj leans right, as each day's headline is a negative Trump story

 

[Mr. Dee]

I can see workers checking Facebook and posting selfies to Instagram on the American assembly line. 'Look at me bishes, makin' u nu iPhone 10s. Yeah dats me baby, baby. Tina meet me outside the factory in 2 hours."

 

[jdillings]

Apple is planning to build three "big, big, big" manufacturing plants in the United States, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told U.S. President Donald Trump.

I think the word Tim was looking for is "yuge"

 

[britboyj]

They purposely pick the most unflattering image, every single time #MSM
And please don't lecture me that wsj leans right, as each day's headline is a negative Trump story

Show me a flattering image of Donald Trump from the past 25 years.

You can't. Because it doesn't exist.

It's also hard to report positive news when there is none. The Wall Street Journal is owned by NewsCorp FFS.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

I look forward to the day when I can enjoy my mac news without any mention of the T-word.

2024

 

[BornAgainMac]

Probably a tax break. Apple wouldn't do this normally except for the last Mac Pro experiment.

 

[dewski]

Always hating on this poor guy. Is this not a good thing?

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

I look forward to the day when I can enjoy my mac news without any mention of the T-word.

I know. Tim is the worst.

(Kidding. Tim is... eh. He's not the worst, but he's not particularly good... although I own some AAPL so I guess I must have some amount of confidence in Apple under his reign.)

 

[69Mustang]

If I asked you who said this:
"I spoke to [Mr. Cook], he's promised me three big plants--big, big, big,"

What is the most likely response:
A. A 4 year old telling mommy what was said to grandma's gardening loving neighbor

B. A pot head telling his buddies what his other buddy said he was going to get from another buddy who was not his buddy but the buddy of someone else who was buddies with his buddies.

C. A rock with moss on it.

D. The actual president of the United States of America. SAD

Apple has been investigating manufacturing in the United States since Trump said "we're going to get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country instead of other countries," during a campaign speech at Virginia's Liberty University in 2016. At the time, Trump threatened to introduce a 45 percent tax on products imported from China.

Is this the actual timeline of the events?

 

[justperry]

Agh, you beat me to it!

Maybe orange trees would be appropriate?

In all seriousness it might be a good way for Apple to bring back some of that money held overseas without so much going in tax. I don't know how I feel about that in principle, but I guess if it meant more jobs and good redevelopment of land that needed it then it'd be doing (some of) the kind of things tax should be doing anyway. Better than the money just sitting doing nothing.

Bold: To where and why.
This really confuses me and sometimes 'angers' me.

Apple is a global company, most of their profits are made outside of the US, so why bring it BACK.

 

[Rogifan]

Probably a tax break. Apple wouldn't do this normally except for the last Mac Pro experiment.

But that wasn’t an Apple plant. Apple doesn’t own manufacturing plants.

 

[Zirel]

Trump: "Three big plants, beautiful plants."

Cook: "Got it."

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You spoiled it!

Three APPLE plants!

 

[KPOM]

If true, this is good news.

 

[v0lume4]

Terrific news. Jobs for Americans instead of more outsourcing. This is absolutely a win, I can't wait to see Apple's official announcement down the line.

Hard to spin this negatively (of course, plenty of folks here have). I hope that new manufacturing in the US becomes a trend instead of the exception.

 

[KPOM]

The reality was more likely that Cook said Apple was going to build three plants and Trump added his usual "big" and "beautiful" superlatives.

Apple products are high volume sellers, so a plant associated with them likely would be fairly sizeable.

 

[paul4339]

Apple may truly be building stuff in the US, but when I read the words "... he's promised me three big plants--big, big, big" ... it just sounds like Trump putting words into Tim Cook's mouth. Cook doesn't generally doesn't speak that way.

Whenever I here exaggerated words like "he's promised me .... big, big, big," or "it's going to be terrific!", it just sounds too much like politician-speak. I wouldn't put much weight to it.

I'd sooner wait and read the official statement from Apple.

.

 

[rjohnstone]

Look at the upside.... products built here couldn't be banned by the ITSC.

 

[v0lume4]

Sorry, but I trust Chinese fingernails versus, I deserve a 15 min break every 10 minutes American assembly line.

Hopefully unions can be the next thing to go.

 

[justperry]

2024

2017.

 

[lunarworks]

I'm sure somewhere right now Tim Cook is standing with a thousand yard stare saying "That's... not what I said to him."