Trump you are president just for another 3.5 years , Apple will be forever, dont fight with one of the most powerful company in the world that has all the information about you, stop being just an EGO business man in charge of the USA. In fact you showed the world how "powerful' you are when you said you will stop the war between Russia and Ukraine in 24h
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Trump Demands US iPhone Production, Threatens 25% Tariff
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I remember that page, it’s just that they don’t call it free markets NOR capitalism.
raybo, manufacturing and logistics expert, has spoken.
Soooo many issues with this, so I'll take another angle with it. Apple of course does not own their own factories. They contract with others to build their products to their specifications. IF a company would/could come along and offer those services in the US at a competitive price then Apple absolution could or would move them. But they (those companies and therefore Apple) can't.
And distribute that cost around the world, for just 10% price increase.
Android marketshare might benefit from that, though.
I wonder if Trump realizes that even if iPhones were assembled in the US, most components would still be sourced from abroad. And thus subject to tariffs.
that's a risky plan.... quite a few people were predicting that Hillary Clinton would have won, instead of Trump. when Biden won during the next election, it also caught many Trump voters by surprise. then somehow Trump came back for the 2nd time....
who's to say that Trump's successor(whether he likes him/her or not) won't win in 2028 and continue with most of Trump's current policies?
iPhone factories are some of the most advanced, state-of-the-art factories in the world, with high end machinery, tools and automation. It is not "screwing phones together."
The analyst that came up with the $3000 estimate is Dan Ives. Dan Ives and Wedbush are not what you would call a real research shop. Ives is also a fraudster and has been charged by the SEC.
3 is true.
Of course not. No one has shown him a picture of it yet.
Maybe we'll have a Trump iPhone -- all GOLD and beautiful. Very beautiful. And big. Big and beutiful. No one has ever had a phone like it in the history of phones. It's engraved with DJT on the back and in smaller print it says "Made in China".
Trump is doing everything he can to destroy America. It's that simple. Maybe we can recover after three or four generations, but that's a bit optimistic. I'm glad I'm old and have no kids who would have to try to survive through this.
I collect made in China unlicensed transformer toys(3rd party toys) and on a transformer forum I browse, many Maga fans believe china pays the tariffs (lol). In America Congress holds the power of the purse strings, not the president. Trump just made up a fake emergency (ms13 invading USA) to enact these tariffs. I'm surprised Americans let this happen.
Don't forget the skilled workers who amazingly will be up to speed on how to assemble an iPhone.
And US companies don’t want to pay or take care of their workers
They need at least four years to study it anyways. Look how long it took them to build the spaceship.
Tim’s million-dollar inauguration gift clearly didn’t buy him any White House influence. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, he made a deal with the devil, and now the devil is collecting. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Tim Cook is an idiot. It’s time for him to sail off into the sunset with his well-earned retirement millions.
Is he too stupid to realise he’s only hurting 🇺🇸 s largest company 🍎 and American consumers who have no other option !
Do you know how different the maths would make hardware costs for consumers?
Dictating Apple's capital allocation from D.C. isn't capitalism, it's something else. I think there's a word for it. I think they call it.... ummm... Communism?
Blackmailing the President of the United States, that's a good way to get the entire C-suite sent to a federal penitentiary. Great plan!
They’ve been made in California since 2015: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-trump-hats-cali-fame-carson-20151124-story.html
Although by those pesky immigrants.
Maybe cook should build an AirPlane Pro and offer him that.
Anything Trump announces there always seems to be a climb down or offramp available. I’m not sure what that is here. Maybe that there’s no date attached to the threat? The 50% EU threat had a date of June 1. Not sure what happens here. Tim Cook goes to the White House explains the complexities and infeasibility of manufacturing iPhones here but offers Trump something? Could be investments already announced/planned. Still this is a very specific threat. Maybe Apple does nothing assuming his attention span is so short and he’ll move on to something else?
A civil war???? What world do you live in?