The man belongs to an insane asylum. Needs to be protected from his own stupidity.
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Trump Demands US iPhone Production, Threatens 25% Tariff
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And what happens if China decides the same thing some day? Trump is trying to stop the over reliance and absurd use of China for literally EVERYTHING. Even Vitamin-C is produced in China and we import it. This is ridiculous. We put too much power in China and I’m glad to see the push here. Probably the only thing I am in somewhat agreement with Trump.
Costs are rising anyway. Game consoles are INCREASING in price for 5 year old hardware.
Look I live in the UK, I had absolutely no ability to vote or not for Trump and yet everything he does is directly influencing my life. My pension dropped thousands, my investments dropped thousands- my business is based around Apple products so anything he does detrimental to Apple affects me too.
And I don't have any power to vote against any of this. He's operating on an insular American first policy in quite clearly a globalised world.
And I don't have any power to vote against any of this. He's operating on an insular American first policy in quite clearly a globalised world.
Sure but on the flip side if they go too far with their appeasement they’ll lose sales absolutely everywhere else lol
Recent Tesla sales figures should be a clear warning.
Ah yes, the party of “small government” arbitrarily hitting a US company with 25% tariffs over social media, because why not.
“Elect a clown…”
“Elect a clown…”
Apple could absorb the Tariffs, but why, do what has already been mentioned, line item stating "Trump tax"!
The problem with moving manufacturing here is that we do not have the skilled labor force necessary to do it, and it will only get worse since Trump is also gutting research funding and basically hates science in general.
The US in general hates science or anything that has to do with being smart. Sports is glorified, higher degrees and teaching vilified; so called business majors are propped up. Pretty much the reason Boeing, Intel and all of these other has been tech companies are starting to falter is that they are all run by bean counters and not engineers.
The problem with moving manufacturing here is that we do not have the skilled labor force necessary to do it, and it will only get worse since Trump is also gutting research funding and basically hates science in general.
The US in general hates science or anything that has to do with being smart. Sports is glorified, higher degrees and teaching vilified; so called business majors are propped up. Pretty much the reason Boeing, Intel and all of these other has been tech companies are starting to falter is that they are all run by bean counters and not engineers.
Stop the lies most people wouldn’t. In fact the vast majority people could no longer offered them then. It’s why folding phones aren’t widely in use
There are ways to strengthen domestic production. What Trump is doing, however, is totally inept, and does more harm than good.
… if horror movies are what you watch for „entertainment“.
It’s not just a basic 25% tariff. Watch Gamers Nexus “Death of affordable computing”. It compounds based on components.
For the same reason his shoes are made in Vietnam and Bibles in China. He is a hypocrite.
We've been saying that since Jan 7th, 2021. If we have learned only one thing from literally every legal battle, court ruling, and election that has happened since then, it should be that Trump is immune from legal responsibility, does not follow the law, needs not follow the law, and will not follow the law.
In a reasonable world where smart people vote and honest justices follow the law, Trump would be in jail and the GOP would have imploded long ago. We don't live in that world. It is foolish to assume that any legal means of removing him (including the end of his term) will actually result in his leaving the White House.
Apple most definitely should not have been doing that. American workers do not want the sorts of low-paying, low-benefits factory jobs that are plentiful in China and India. American consumers do not want to pay the prices that would result from doing this. Companies like Apple would be competitively disadvantaged relative to Chinese companies that could rely on cheap labor operating with few workplace protections and without the concept of overtime.
If we want American companies to thrive (and if we want American consumers to be able to afford nice things), let companies build and source their products where they believe it is economically most feasible for them to do so.
They aren’t using slave labor in China. Their cost of living is lower than it is here. Many people in China view those jobs as an economic uplift.
Is there another mass market phone that is made in the USA? Tariffs only make sense if there is an alternative product that can be substituted for it. If there isn’t one then it’s just a generic tax on the public for anyone that needs a phone.
Unless he can create a law just for one companies product and not a category? I don’t think he can. This is all so silly.
Unless he can create a law just for one companies product and not a category? I don’t think he can. This is all so silly.
There are over 100 parts in an iPhone.
Apple would need to build a factory to make the batteries... a factory to make the MagSafe magnets... a factory to make the side buttons... a factory to make the camera lenses... a factory to make the accelerometers... and so on...
I don't see any of that happening in my lifetime.
Besides... Apple themselves never manufactured those parts anyway... it was always TSMC, LG, Sony, Samsung, etc.
Apple gets components from over 40 countries around the world!
The good news is... Trump will forget about this in a few days and find something else to complain about.
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Apple would need to build a factory to make the batteries... a factory to make the MagSafe magnets... a factory to make the side buttons... a factory to make the camera lenses... a factory to make the accelerometers... and so on...
I don't see any of that happening in my lifetime.
Besides... Apple themselves never manufactured those parts anyway... it was always TSMC, LG, Sony, Samsung, etc.
Apple gets components from over 40 countries around the world!
The good news is... Trump will forget about this in a few days and find something else to complain about.
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No it’s not. It’s a strong negotiation tactic. It’s like when you want to negotiate a salary or raise. You don’t say “I want $1”. You ask for much higher so the counter is closer to what you actually want.
Maybe the one where Noem and Miller want to suspend Habeas Corpus?
Where people are routinely snatched from the streets by Gestapo (sorry, ICE) ?
Where universities (Harvard!) are threatened daily?
If Cuba decides to do the same, then they do the same. It's of no concern to me.
Not sure why you're so worried about Vitamin C. Pharmacy is my field, and most of ours (hospital) is sourced from India.
I'm just not that concerned about China. "We need this to stop" isn't a reason.
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Good luck getting the shareholders to approve something as stupid as this, especially when Trump is probably not even going to make it to the end of his term due to health issues.
Apple would rather eat the 25% cost than make large capital investments based on the whims of a failed businessman who changes his mind every 5 days
Apple would rather eat the 25% cost than make large capital investments based on the whims of a failed businessman who changes his mind every 5 days