How Apple CEO Tim Cook Convinced Trump to Exempt Apple From Tariffs

[DMG35]

You're making it sound like the US is the biggest, most important market. It's not, and the world would go along fine if the US ceased to exist tomorrow.

European and Asian countries are 10x older and more mature.

Yeah that’s not true at all.

 

[Naraxus]

Sorry Xi the Pooh but the days of your currency manipulation, ip theft from American companies, slave labor and treating the US as your doormat are numbered. This isn't Biden you're dealing with.

Trump isn't ****ing around with you jokers.

 

[dominiongamma]

Many people don’t like Tim Cook, but Apple can be lucky to have this guy as CEO right now.

If only Steve were here he wouldn’t be dealing with this nonsense

 

[Salty Pirate]

See? We all CAN get along.

 

[ComRadMac]

Gobbled knob, got it. Bribes, sycophancy, generalized sucking up.

 

[majkom]

So, Tim Apple does. not want America to be great again, again?

 

[HouseLannister]

Trump was just bashing Apple a few weeks ago for their "illegal" DEI practices. I don't think he is buddy-buddy with Cook. Cook's $1m was nothing compared to what riches Trump is amassing on his crypto schemes and insider trading. His tariff madness is going to continue and it is just a matter of what Trump's vig is in August when Apple is trying to get the iPhone 17s into the US for a September launch.

 

[aidler]

Tim Cook didn't do anything here. There is no tariff exemption for Apple. Tariffs on electronics are only suspended and will be reinstated.

 

[jimimac71]

So, Tim Apple does. not want America to be great again, again?

WAGA (We Are Great Already)!

 

[DocMultimedia]

Trump has the brain of a healthy young four year old boy who was raised by baboons. He loves banging on his chest while screaming Idiocracy.

 

[Dwalls90]

The words you're looking for are money and bribes.

 

[mzeb]

You're making it sound like the US is the biggest, most important market. It's not, and the world would go along fine if the US ceased to exist tomorrow.

European and Asian countries are 10x older and more mature.

Well, to China we are their biggest consumer so we are important to them but for sure we aren’t their only consumer so it would hurt but clearly they aren’t worried because they have no problem calling out the US’ tariffs with their own. But the real kicker is the US is a consumer of their goods and that is mostly unidirectional. So The US needs China more than they need the US.
The US won’t find the cheap labor that they have in China (for good reasons I’d argue, although Florida seems cool with removing child labor laws so maybe I’m wrong). So prices will go up if all iPhones sold in the US are built in the US.
Looking at it from a certain perspective, as much as the US is about human rights buying products from China is actually very much against this value. The US is having to choose between paying for its values or paying for its iPhones. That said, forcing the issue in the reckless way that tariffs are currently being imposed will get neither.

 

[stevet]

Any triumph is short-lived with this goldfish of a president.

He seems to agree with the last person he spoke to on most things.

Clearly you aren’t paying attention.

 

[HouseLannister]

So The US needs China more than they need the US.

They buy their food from us. They do not produce enough food to feed their people. That is more essential than our iPhones.

 

[Adreitz]

WAGA (We Are Great Already)!

More like WWGB (We Were Great Before).

 

[Jack Burton]

Thought we all knew this. Tim Cook gave him $1 million.

Cook bribed Trump, just like Zuckerberg and Bezos. It's not complex. And for billionaires, Trump is not even that expensive to bribe.

 

[FattiesGoneWild]

I think it’s BS and Apple should not get a pass at all.

 

[mzeb]

They buy their food from us. They do not produce enough food to feed their people. That is more essential than our iPhones.

That argument is pretty overblown. It’s about 5% and they’ve been moving over more and more to other sources like Russia and a heavier reliance on Brazil.

 

[Wanted797]

Pretty sad that you have to treat a 78 year old like a toddler to get what you want.

Welcome to politics.

 

[gund1234]

China will be the toughest to bring to the table but it will happen. They need us more than we need them as they export 5 times more to us. In the end, this was the right move for the U.S. as we've been taken advantage of for decades and it's time to have that come to a halt.

Trump should have just focused on tariffs on China instead of going after every country.

 

[gund1234]

Welcome to politics.

Not all politicians need babysitting, just a few.

 

[JohnC1959]

Apple got an exemption but then was immediately told it was temporary. The guessing game continues because everyone knows that uncertainty is what's best for American businesses.

 

[gund1234]

Keep believing that. It's just not true.

Give three concrete examples.

China can't have too many unemployed people for long.
China's economy is dependent on exports, they don't consume as much as people in US/West do.
Look at trade imbalance between China and EU/US, it is huge.

 

[DMG35]

Not all politicians need babysitting, just a few.

If you actually believe that then you haven't been paying attention.

 

[gund1234]

You're making it sound like the US is the biggest, most important market. It's not, and the world would go along fine if the US ceased to exist tomorrow.

European and Asian countries are 10x older and more mature.

Then why are all the countries mad at US ?
US has least tariffs/import duties compared to any country.
Look at trade imbalance you see how much US imports vs exports.