It's hard work but far from slave labour. The Chinese government has spent trillions in expanding the infrastructure. And if that work moves to the US, its it now just domestic slave labour?
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Trump Demands US iPhone Production, Threatens 25% Tariff
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It's hard work but far from slave labour. The Chinese government has spent trillions in expanding the infrastructure. And if that work moves to the US, its it now just domestic slave labour?
I wouldn't. As I've posted before, a phone isn't worth much more than $1200 to me, regardless of where it's made or what it does.
The iPhone wouldn't magically be worth $800 more simply because Americans screwed it together. I do support local businesses and vendors, that actually are physically local to me and aren't a chain or conglomerate. I don't give a crap when it comes to huge multinational corporations.
Tim loves his sweatshops. Trump is still a POS though.
Yeah, China gets a temporary workforce for a few months every year to assemble iPhones from all over the country -- more people than the entire population of Boston. It's such a fantasy it will happen here. In some ways, China has been the secret sauce of iPhone's success.
Let Trump do these tariffs, but companies need to let people know why prices are going up. Then more and more people will turn on Trump and anybody that supports him, and it will show in upcoming election results.
This is why I dumped my tech stocks and ETFs.
Monkey in charge.
Monkey in charge.
That donation and the presence to the ceremony were such a great idea. This goes for all of "them".
on the daily show a guy said Apple spends 50 billion in china every year on their factories... so yea.... maybe some of that should be spent in the US.
I just don't see the labor force, infrastructure or locations to do it.
We should be focusing on more important things. Like our food. In covid 3-4 chicken farms existed. 2 had employees with covid then No food for us. Recently the egg issue. Maybe have more places that make our food and worry less about producing products that could never be produced here.
I just don't see the labor force, infrastructure or locations to do it.
We should be focusing on more important things. Like our food. In covid 3-4 chicken farms existed. 2 had employees with covid then No food for us. Recently the egg issue. Maybe have more places that make our food and worry less about producing products that could never be produced here.
Haha. We’re f. Maybe one million wasn’t enough.
iPhone 17 Pro series starting at $1,299 instead of $999.
iPhone 17 Pro series starting at $1,299 instead of $999.
Who is going to work in these US-based iPhone factories?
This Pendejo is really just there trying to mess up the stock markets for his own benefits, isnt he.
Apple and Americans would rather pay 25% duty than paying 200% for made in US iPhone. What a moron your president is. He should be admitted at a treatment center.
$3,000.00 iPhone coming right up.
President Donald Trump escalated his trade rhetoric Friday, targeting Apple with a potential 25% tariff unless the company manufactures iPhones domestically rather than anywhere else.
The warning came via Truth Social after CEO Tim Cook announced earlier this month that Indian facilities would handle the majority of U.S. iPhone sales. Apple's pivot to India was widely seen as a strategy to sidestep Chinese manufacturing amid ongoing trade tensions.
The U.S. president brought up the issue just last week during his Middle East trip. "I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday," Trump said during his state visit to Qatar. "He is building all over India."
Apple had reportedly planned to source all 60+ million annual US iPhone sales from India by late 2026. Meanwhile, key supplier Foxconn is investing $1.5 billion to expand Indian production, including a display module facility near Chennai.
The threat sent Apple shares tumbling 3% in pre-market trading Friday.
Trump's demand would force a major shift from Apple's current manufacturing strategy, which relies heavily on Asian suppliers for cost efficiency and established supply chains. Moving iPhone production to the U.S. would likely require massive infrastructure investments and could substantially increase device costs, but there's simply no way Apple could pull off the transition. According to Wedbush, producing iPhones in the U.S. could push prices to ~$3,500 and take 5–10 years to implement, making it unfeasible.
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The dumpy dictatorship is full steam ahead with stupidity, and we still have 3-1/2 years to go!
Trump is just a symptom, not the disease. It’s not like the majority of American voters are going to have a sudden 180 in their beliefs when Trump has one Big Mac too many and finally kicks it.
I probably skipped that page where we learn that in free market and Capitalism companies receive directions from the Government.
Just buy him a nice plane and it'll be sorted.
Tim: I wan't a refund on my donation - obviously it didn't work.
I already pay upwards of $2k for my phones, and if they were double the cost (and made in America) I would pay it because it is something I use often. I'd rather support America than a country like China. Slave labor is not something I support. Nor are wages that are slightly above getting paid nothing. But, to each their own.
Ok. So put prices up by 25%.
They can cope with the loss in sales. It's not like Android phone are going escape these insane tariffs either.
They can cope with the loss in sales. It's not like Android phone are going escape these insane tariffs either.
Hopefully this means cheaper prices to those of use elsewhere in the world a sales drop in the US and they have to clear excess stock . I doubt it though
. I doubt it though
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