SCOTUS already blocked that by basically making him king. There was no scenario where he was going to be held responsible, the court has been corrupt enough to make sure of that. I mean, he started an insurrection and stole classified documents and was hiding them in a bathroom and voters were like "meh." Sadly there was no scenario in which he was going to go to jail or being held accountable and even voters aren't willing to do it.
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Trump Demands US iPhone Production, Threatens 25% Tariff
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Unlikely. Prices of Apple products have varied between countries long before Trump’s tariffs.
I like the idea of Trump threatening Apple with tariffs until Siri is actually useful.I wish Trump would do something actually useful, like deport Siri.
Problem is, I think that Apple would be paying said tariffs for the foreseeable future, as there is obviously no realistic plan to get Siri to graduate beyond (sometimes) being able to set timers.
Well…
I live in the EU, and I try to make my living by providing certain goods and services around the globe. The US is maybe one third of total sales for products manufactured in the EU.
So, yes, Trump’s tariffs are a bit worrying. However, TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) is still the most likely outcome. Setting 50 % rate on everything European or 25 % rate on smart phones from outside the US is called “inflation”. Severe one at that.
On the other hand, there have been a lot of leaders capable of destroying their own economy throughout history. Trump is not the first nor the last. He is, however, possibly the most entertaining.
To be clear, the Republican Party of 15 years ago is totally gone.
MAGA is a cult
Look no further than Rubio doing a 180° pivot on just about everything he ever stood for.
Maybe Trump just wants another bribe? That's the only thing I can literally think of.
Believe me, I'm very aware of that.
This is called oligarchy. Which this administration is the start of. There won’t be anymore fair elections. America is dead.
Moving production to the US will increase costs by 30%, leaving iPhone assembly in China will increase prices by 25%. The business decision seems easy. US consumers are doomed to spend more.
The thing is with mafia type protection rackets - they just come back for more. They just happen to be running the executive wing of the US Government now, with the co-operation of the Project 2025 nutcases.
That simply isn’t true. He sat on the evidence for almost 2 years. Instead decided to start to move after SCOTUS ruling. Which then still wouldn’t have covered these things as the things being done were not covered by the SCOTUS ruling of official acts relegated to him in the executive position.
And this is the sort of “news” the cult ingests all day
No wonder we are where we are.
No wonder we are where we are.
He is going not only after China or whateva country he dislikes, but he also tries to derail american companies, jobs and universities...for what end?!
No worries. That will be taken care by AI anyway.
How would you put a tariff on such services? I don’t think it would be in the American interest to open that can of worms. Think of any of the large American tech companies.
You do realize we pay the tariffs, not Apple, right?
Trump's approval rating ticks lower, economic concerns weigh, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating ticked slightly lower this week to 42%, matching the lowest level of his new term as Americans kept a dour view of his handling of the U.S. economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
He doesn’t care.
He’s been lining his pockets with billions and billion through incessant illegality and cons.
Color me surprised. I am shocked Trump is behaving this way. 🙄
I thought republicans were all in for small government and free market, not dictating what private companies should or should not do. This bully thinks government is a business, bullying others to bend to his will.
Wellbeing of the citizens should be more important than making profit!
I thought republicans were all in for small government and free market, not dictating what private companies should or should not do. This bully thinks government is a business, bullying others to bend to his will.
Wellbeing of the citizens should be more important than making profit!
Agree but in this time of age, information is key, and lets not forget USA tanks and guns has chips on it/..one black out from big tech companies and we are all lost and totally chaos...so, not people or government has the absolute power now but the giant tech companies unfortunately. I really hope after Tim, we will not have a Vladimir Putin or Kim like headed CEO
Raise your hands if you want you, or your kids, to work in a factory assembling iPhones.
This forum is unavoidably an echo chamber (for the most part). Yes we all (almost all) see Trump for the incompetent wanna be dictator that he is. Apple's problem, though, is not merely a calculation about the cost of Trump's tariff versus the cost of moving (some) manufacturing here to the US. Apple also has to worry about Trump's stupid cult-base. If Apple fights back, if it does anything less then at least pretend to kneel before Trump, it could lose 10-20% of its sales in the US when Trump declares he's switching to Android and dumping all other Mac devices and asks his cult followers to do the same. I am assuming his cult members already use Android to a greater extent than the average US population (due to age, education and income demographics), but even if it were only 10% of Apple's sales (of iPhones and the rest of Apple's ecosystem products) in the US, that would hurt much more than a 25% tariff.
Bottom line: Apple has to do everything it can to avoid giving Trump a reason to politicize his base against Apple (which is also why Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc. bend the knee to him).
Bottom line: Apple has to do everything it can to avoid giving Trump a reason to politicize his base against Apple (which is also why Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc. bend the knee to him).
Not to mention the supply chain TO the supply chain - if a machine goes down that a factory uses, the factory that made it is around the block and can be on hand to fix it.
It's like a city made exclusively for electronics manufacturing with tons of experience and skills all within a couple of square miles.