President-elect Trump says Apple CEO Tim Cook phoned him after victory
In an interview on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump noted that Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him, but no mention was made about the topics of the conversation the pair may have had, following Trump's contentious remarks on the campaign trail.
Speaking with The New York Times, Trump claimed that both Cook and ex-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates had called him to discuss matters relevant to each. Apple, and by association, Cook, has plenty to discuss with the President-elect.
At the same rally, Trump proposed a 35 percent tax on any business making goods overseas, including Apple.
Tim Cook has publicly rejected the idea of moving iPhone construction to the U.S., citing labor force and raw material issues. Regardless of public comments, Apple has reportedly commissioned reports by Foxconn and Pegatron to examine the possibility of migrating iPhone production, with mixed results.
Trump himself has made contradictory claims on what he plans to do about or for companies who wish to return a large overseas cash stash to the U.S.
"First of all Apple should give the security for that phone, okay?" Trump said at a rally in South Carolina. "What I think you oughta do is boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number. How do you like... I just thought of that."
Investigators wanted Apple to create a backdoor in iOS to unlock an iPhone 5c that was tied to the 2015 massacre, but Apple said doing so would potentially compromise the security of every iPhone on the market.
At this point, it is unclear what the President-elect wants to do about potential conflicts of interest, with a Tweet earlier in the day suggesting that the U.S. voting base were fully aware of international business interests, and didn't care, during the election.
Speaking with The New York Times, Trump claimed that both Cook and ex-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates had called him to discuss matters relevant to each. Apple, and by association, Cook, has plenty to discuss with the President-elect.
Trump says Tim Cook from Apple called him, so did Bill Gates.
-- Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT)
iPhone manufacture in the U.S.
In a campaign speech at Virginia's fundamentalist Liberty University in January, Trump promised that he would force Apple to manufacture its hardware in the US instead of looking to overseas labor.
At the same rally, Trump proposed a 35 percent tax on any business making goods overseas, including Apple.
Tim Cook has publicly rejected the idea of moving iPhone construction to the U.S., citing labor force and raw material issues. Regardless of public comments, Apple has reportedly commissioned reports by Foxconn and Pegatron to examine the possibility of migrating iPhone production, with mixed results.
Confusion about cash repatriation
While mass media portrays Trump's 10 percent overseas earnings tax proposal as a reduction in the effective taxation rate to repatriate cash, the proposal as it stands levies the tax regardless of they were returned to the U.S. or not.Trump himself has made contradictory claims on what he plans to do about or for companies who wish to return a large overseas cash stash to the U.S.
Trump, on Apple encryption
Following the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5c encryption debacle, Trump called for a boycott of Appleback in February."First of all Apple should give the security for that phone, okay?" Trump said at a rally in South Carolina. "What I think you oughta do is boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number. How do you like... I just thought of that."
Investigators wanted Apple to create a backdoor in iOS to unlock an iPhone 5c that was tied to the 2015 massacre, but Apple said doing so would potentially compromise the security of every iPhone on the market.
Investments in Apple
In May, financial documents showed that Trump has multiple investments in Apple, worth between $1.1 million and $2.25 million.At this point, it is unclear what the President-elect wants to do about potential conflicts of interest, with a Tweet earlier in the day suggesting that the U.S. voting base were fully aware of international business interests, and didn't care, during the election.
Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!
-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Comments
The Donald and his followers can turn over their computer and smartphone passwords to the NSA today, without waiting for an act of Congress. So let's begin with that, and see how many True Believers put national defense ahead of their personal privacy and security. "I just thought of that."
It could ugly in a hurry.
(I voted strongly against him, so I'm not defending him... just trying to understand his behavior.)
The amount of money American workers would demand would make the iPhone so expensive that sales would tank. Less sales equals less profit, which equals less money to pay workers, who must then be laid off, which means less American workers have jobs, and we're back to square one.
The millions of voted for him really voted against everything else. I live in a Blood Red state (Stars and Bars Red), and every trump supporter had 1 issue they cared about, and the rest they could give a damn. He will act differently. He didn't INTEND to do anything... other than just win. Stealing a line from from a fictitious president:
This line also resonates speaking about the 25% eligible voters (who happen to be in just enough of the right states to swing an electoral college vote)
Source: Serena Williams.
Imagine if it turns out that Apple and other American companies will be able to repatriate all or most of their foreign cash during Trump's term. Trump is a doer, unlike the community organizer and full-time golfer that has held the position for the last 8 years.
The guy hasn't even begun at his new job yet, and yet, probably all of the same idiots who loudly declared that Trump had a 0% chance of winning, are the same idiots that are now declaring his term to be a failure, when it hasn't even begun yet.
I suppose that these are the same clueless idiots who applauded and thought that it was a good idea when Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in advance, at the very beginning of his Presidency.
No matter what happens, I am going to enjoy the next 4 years, and I suspect that there will be a lot more crying, whining and tantrums to be had from liberals, who basically act like racist, adult babies. They will just have to be smacked down, that is how to deal with adult babies.
This Has been true For all the elections I've witnessed.
he has to do most of the Big Things like building a Wall and getting tough on free trade crap that screws American workers.
he shouldn't worry if the Price of an IPhone doubles because of Higher import tariffs. Apple is California company and CA votes for the democrats so why worry about them. Either they bring jobs back to USA (through lots of automation) or their stock will slide.
Cook better suck up to Trump - he's a bad CEO anyway - or of to Guantanamo.