President Trump insists he was saving time by calling Cook 'Tim Apple'
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump defended his recent reference to Apple's CEO as "Tim Apple," claiming he was simply trying to save time.

"At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words," Trump wrote on Twitter. "The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!"
Trump made the slip last Wednesday, sitting next to Cook at a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
"People like Tim -- you're expanding all over and doing things I really wanted you to right from the beginning," Trump said. "I used to say, 'Tim, you've got to start doing it over here,' and you really have. You really put a big investment in our country. We appreciate it very much, Tim Apple."
Trump is known for both deliberately and accidentally changing the names of famous people. He once called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson "Marillyn Lockheed," and has referred to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as "Jeff Bozo," mainly because his newspaper the Washington Post has regularly covered controversies and wrongdoing at the White House.
Cook and/or his social media team reacted by changing his Twitter handle to "Tim Apple." It's not clear whether this was a jab at Trump or taking the mistake in stride, though it may be the latter since Trump called Cook "a friend" at Wednesday's event, and the CEO has been willing to collaborate even though the two are deeply opposed on topics like climate change, immigration, and LGBT rights. Apple has taken advantage of Trump-era tax cuts to repatriate billions in overseas cash.

"At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words," Trump wrote on Twitter. "The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!"
At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Trump made the slip last Wednesday, sitting next to Cook at a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
"People like Tim -- you're expanding all over and doing things I really wanted you to right from the beginning," Trump said. "I used to say, 'Tim, you've got to start doing it over here,' and you really have. You really put a big investment in our country. We appreciate it very much, Tim Apple."
Trump just called Apple CEO Tim Cook "Tim Apple" pic.twitter.com/gTHHtjWvc9
-- Sean O'Kane (@sokane1)
Trump is known for both deliberately and accidentally changing the names of famous people. He once called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson "Marillyn Lockheed," and has referred to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as "Jeff Bozo," mainly because his newspaper the Washington Post has regularly covered controversies and wrongdoing at the White House.
Cook and/or his social media team reacted by changing his Twitter handle to "Tim Apple." It's not clear whether this was a jab at Trump or taking the mistake in stride, though it may be the latter since Trump called Cook "a friend" at Wednesday's event, and the CEO has been willing to collaborate even though the two are deeply opposed on topics like climate change, immigration, and LGBT rights. Apple has taken advantage of Trump-era tax cuts to repatriate billions in overseas cash.

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I can point to many others though the main stream media don't generally cover these type of things on the left. Every little thing Trump does, oh they are right there to jump all over it.
And, by that, I am not trying to be critical of Trump -- some of the world's most brilliant people have been autistic (or more correctly, Aspergians) - including the like of Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein and(very likely) our own Steve Jobs.
Maybe not -- but Asperger's fits with Trump and this is just one more example.
Well, maybe.
jesus, it's so absurd that this is a story or ever was a "story". where has our self respect gone?
btw, trump isn't on the spectrum. maybe adhd.
also, he's 72 years old, travels around the world regularly, and gives 2 hour long speeches and press conferences all the time. and people want to make a thing of "tim apple"??
pathetic
A shorthand construction like “Tim Apple” is therefore perfectly acceptable to him, and he has no idea that it would be jarring to others, who expect language to work literally as well as orally.
Because, you see, 'Apple' has fewer letters and syllables than 'Cook'.
But then, for real savings, why not 'Tim Covfefe'?
It's about Dotus' self-respect. He made a trivial slip-up into another massive opportunity to lie about what he had said.
A better president would have simply laughed it off, but good-natured honest self-deprecation isn't in the man's genes.
That is what turns his non-stories into stories. He goes and tells stories.
"We appreciate it very much, Tim, Apple." (comma added)
He's not just thanking Tim, but Apple (as a company) as well.
Yeah, and then there is that. Obama made huge flubs all the time (including constantly stuttering a bunch). The MSM was nice enough to edit that stuff out for him, rather than highlighting, or even exaggerating it (or, out of context) for Trump.
While this isn't exactly one of Trump's 'fake news' moments with the MSM (there are MANY!), he's right about the way they pounced on it. That said, the way he acts, he does kind of deserve this kind of thing (though, not the fake news or misconstrual they often do).
Hmm, I hadn't really thought about that, but it would explain some things.
Do we know that for sure? Most people his age weren't diagnosed.
This is/was a total non-story. So the guy made a language error that has zero consequences, and didn’t even impact the ability to understand what was being said. We’ve got to learn to let some things go.