Trump went off the cuff, spoke too soon without knowing the true facts. That's why he has shut his mouth about the topic since. Even he knows now deep down what the Feds are asking is insane.
Not sure why you would project self-awareness onto Trump, but he's been talking about boycotting Apple for the past three days. When exactly did he shut his mouth about the topic? It took at least two days for him to stop beating the pro-backdoor bush, and the very last thing he said on Friday was to boycott all Apple products followed by a statement that he used both Samsung and Apple phones and would be switching to just tweeting from Samsung several hours later.
He has been talking it up more than any of the other Republican candidates, and more recently. The only thing that pushed it off his Twitter stream were the South Carolina primaries. It is important to note that nowhere in there has he said "oh, maybe Apple is right"; the standing last opinion on the matter is that Apple should be boycotted until they give in to the FBI.
Not sure how you think the Pope is a hypocrite for calling out the un-Christian nature of Trump (who professes Christianity, so I think it is fair to judge him based on adherence to that faith) talking about building a wall to keep immigrants out - the specific interview asked him a rather pointed question about Trump's position on immigrants, the Pope answered that he wasn't familiar with Trump's positions but if the characterization was accurate that he wasn't a follower of Christ. I could see you saying that the question was an unfair characterization of Trump's position, which would be interesting to discuss, but the Pope's statement as was given seems so prima facie obvious and true that I can't see how it would make him a hypocrite to say it. Has the Pope been involved in immigration-related humanitarian disasters recently that I haven't heard about?
Anyway, way off topic.
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America seemed to have done alright following Judeo Christian principles since its inception, ultimately becoming a superpower and technological marvel and a trustworthy benevolent neighbor, only until recently being unraveled by the Left.
Ah, a reader of the David Barton alternative-history fiction series I see.
Hint: a large portion of the Founding Fathers were not at all Theists as modern Christians are, but rather Deists (or at most Christians in name but who completely dismissed the miracle/intervention aspects which are central tenets of that faith), some (severe minority and only some of the time) bordering on atheism. One of our first treaties - the Treaty of Tripoli - specifically stated "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion", which seems pretty damning to the idea that Christianity has some special place in the US government.
Mention of God in various national inscriptions came about in the 1950s in response to the anti-religion nature of the Soviet Union. The idea of the "United States Under God" is an entirely modern invention and has very little historical underpinning.
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I don't think the FBI is requiring direct access to the firmware build. Various countries around the world now know Apple can do this..I don't think they'll wait for precedent in the US to start asking for the same from Apple.
Apple can say "no" to another country much more forcibly if they did not already say "yes" to the same request in the US. Countries have long known that this is possible, and have - according to rumors at least - long asked for Apple to give them these special tools and capabilities. Apple has been able to say no, both because they have not offered that to any nation, and because creating such a tool would require a significant expense to Apple. The politics there are not exactly easy, but they are straightforward. Take away those two excuses and Apple either does the same for all nations who ask or is accused of favoring certain nations in the world. Suddenly the politics become much much harder and impossibly complicated to navigate.