Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

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  • Reply 61 of 66
    MonkeyTmonkeyt Posts: 9member
    Trump's respect, purchased with glass beads and trinkets.  What could be more American than that?
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  • Reply 62 of 66
    fahlmanfahlman Posts: 744member
    AppleZulu said:
    Maybe instead of handing over tribute, shouldn’t Apple be challenging Trump’s authority to levy these tariffs in the first place?
    How could Apple possibly do that? The President of the United States has the authority to impose tariffs. 
    • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose restrictions on imports that are found to threaten U.S. national security.
    • Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs to safeguard domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges.
    • Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address unfair foreign trade practices or violations of trade agreements.
    thtXed
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  • Reply 63 of 66
    mattinozmattinoz Posts: 2,690member
    fahlman said:
    AppleZulu said:
    Maybe instead of handing over tribute, shouldn’t Apple be challenging Trump’s authority to levy these tariffs in the first place?
    How could Apple possibly do that? The President of the United States has the authority to impose tariffs. 
    • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose restrictions on imports that are found to threaten U.S. national security.
    • Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs to safeguard domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges.
    • Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address unfair foreign trade practices or violations of trade agreements.
    Can he really claim any of those things in 2025 regarding the iPhone?

    national security nope everything is designed and authored in country.

    the industry was driven out by conservative policies like his own

    what unfair trade practices. predatory trade is largely driven by the US on the world 
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  • Reply 64 of 66
    sphericspheric Posts: 2,806member
    fahlman said:
    AppleZulu said:
    Maybe instead of handing over tribute, shouldn’t Apple be challenging Trump’s authority to levy these tariffs in the first place?
    How could Apple possibly do that? The President of the United States has the authority to impose tariffs. 
    • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose restrictions on imports that are found to threaten U.S. national security.
    • Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs to safeguard domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges.
    • Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address unfair foreign trade practices or violations of trade agreements.
    AFAIK, the president's authority to impose tariffs is limited to emergencies. 

    Unless an emergency can be plausibly claimed, the president has no legal power to levy tariffs without Congressional approval. 
    mattinoz
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  • Reply 65 of 66
    AppleZuluapplezulu Posts: 2,571member
    spheric said:
    fahlman said:
    AppleZulu said:
    Maybe instead of handing over tribute, shouldn’t Apple be challenging Trump’s authority to levy these tariffs in the first place?
    How could Apple possibly do that? The President of the United States has the authority to impose tariffs. 
    • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose restrictions on imports that are found to threaten U.S. national security.
    • Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs to safeguard domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges.
    • Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address unfair foreign trade practices or violations of trade agreements.
    AFAIK, the president's authority to impose tariffs is limited to emergencies. 

    Unless an emergency can be plausibly claimed, the president has no legal power to levy tariffs without Congressional approval. 
    Right. There’s no emergency and none of the citations listed are applicable to Apple’s imports. They should be challenging these things in court. 
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  • Reply 66 of 66
    Xedxed Posts: 3,279member
    spheric said:
    fahlman said:
    AppleZulu said:
    Maybe instead of handing over tribute, shouldn’t Apple be challenging Trump’s authority to levy these tariffs in the first place?
    How could Apple possibly do that? The President of the United States has the authority to impose tariffs. 
    • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose restrictions on imports that are found to threaten U.S. national security.
    • Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs to safeguard domestic industries from serious injury caused by import surges.
    • Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address unfair foreign trade practices or violations of trade agreements.
    AFAIK, the president's authority to impose tariffs is limited to emergencies. 

    Unless an emergency can be plausibly claimed, the president has no legal power to levy tariffs without Congressional approval. 
    Everything is an emergency to the Chicken Littles that believe all brown people are rapists with cantaloupe-seize calves who couldn't have possibly entered the country legally.
    muthuk_vanalingam
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