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www1111222 said:

the people in the helicopter saved him, not the watch.  Back in the days when people used landlines to call the emergency services, we didn't give the credit to the home-phone, we gave it to the respondents.

9secondkox2 said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

It’s not a “blink.” It has been mentioned a lot here on ai before the tariffs came on. Apple would get an exemption. I’ve personally posted this a few times. 

Smart people do smart things. It’s why cook preemptively met with the president prior to the election and why the admin is letting some of the fine tuning show now. It’s always shock and awe to rile up the immoveable players. Then settles into the details. It’s why you hear the phrase/torle “art of the deal” being so talked about lately. 

As I’ve BEEN saying, Apple willl be fine. 

And the delusional cult continues on unabated, Dear Leader must not be questioned. 

Meanwhile in reality Trump has shown how much of a lame duck president he is and U.S. is much weaker on the world stage than it was a week ago.  

And because you pointed out in an other thread that you woefully uninformed on trade, let me help you out. What you and Trumpty Dumpty seem to be missing is Trump can't protect Apple or any other company from China. If China decides to start targeting U.S. companies like Apple or Tesla and just boots them from the country then they are absolutely screwed. The U.S. doesn't have the advanced manufacturing capabilities of China and that is something that would take at least a decade to build out. China does almost all of the world's refining of rare earth minerals. Replacing that capability will take a decade to do. China holds way more cards in this trade war than just tariffs. Turmpty Dumpty has brought a squirt gun to a gun fight. 

Maybe, just maybe, ponder the potential consequences of Trumps actions rather than blindly cheerleading for him 

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

It’s not a “blink.” It has been mentioned a lot here on ai before the tariffs came on. Apple would get an exemption. I’ve personally posted this a few times. 

Smart people do smart things. It’s why cook preemptively met with the president prior to the election and why the admin is letting some of the fine tuning show now. It’s always shock and awe to rile up the immoveable players. Then settles into the details. It’s why you hear the phrase/torle “art of the deal” being so talked about lately. 

As I’ve BEEN saying, Apple willl be fine. 

And the delusional cult continues on unabated, Dear Leader must not be questioned. 

Meanwhile in reality Trump has shown how much of a lame duck president he is and U.S. is much weaker on the world stage than it was a week ago.  

And because you pointed out in an other thread that you woefully uninformed on trade, let me help you out. What you and Trumpty Dumpty seem to be missing is Trump can't protect Apple or any other company from China. If China decides to start targeting U.S. companies like Apple or Tesla and just boots them from the country then they are absolutely screwed. The U.S. doesn't have the advanced manufacturing capabilities of China and that is something that would take at least a decade to build out. China does almost all of the world's refining of rare earth minerals. Replacing that capability will take a decade to do. China holds way more cards in this trade war than just tariffs. Turmpty Dumpty has brought a squirt gun to a gun fight. 

Maybe, just maybe, ponder the potential consequences of Trumps actions rather than blindly cheerleading for him 

It’s common sense. Something a trump-hatred cult will never see. 

And I’ll take Donald trump and Bessent any day over some dude on the internet named “stabitha.”

But seriously. There are so many ways to look at this. It definitely exposes predispositions. If you already hate Tru p, you’ll work to find the pessimistic angle. If you already like him, you’ll work to find the positive angle. And if you’re just a simple common sense guy, you’ll work to can appreciate what he’s trying to do while retaining the ability to see where it may go wrong - but also retain tje ability to see where it may go right. So far, for common sense folks, tje goal is admirable, results are mixed with the short time in action, and the pivot seems to preserve both the American tech company as well as the inherits of the action to begin with. The downside of all of it is of course the “short term pain” of stock volatility and posdible higher prices. But that was always a known quantity. Not some surprise. But the long term gain of fair trade is what the goal is. And it’s certainly at the very least worth the attempt. If it wasn’t trump, it would be someone else. The status quo is not sustainable without ceding our economy and leading status in the world. As one of the few truly free places in the world, this matters. We are all her for all things apple. They’re a great company. Another reason their great is that they stand for human rights, privacy, security, etc. on top of making the best stuff on earth. But take away the foundation of freedom upon which they operate and things go south. We see a microcosm in the EU and China. Hopefully, with the bold moves being made on the big stage, that’s as far as it goes. 

radarthekat said:

bala1234 said:

There is an old cliche in the tech-support world. The problem lies between the keyboard and the seat. /s

PEBKAC
Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair 

bulk001 said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

bulk001 said:

I don’t like it but the reality is that if the Defense Secretary says the information was not classified, then it is not classified and your headline is factually inaccurate. Just like when the Speaker says that the rest of the session is one day long to prevent Dems from introducing legislation then from a legal POV that is that. Is this what America voted for? I don’t know, but it wasn’t what, or who, I voted for. But there are consequences and this is one of them (along with tariffs destroying the global economy). 

There is a process for the declassification of information an it is not as simple as the Secretary of Defense declaring it not classified. 

Well the President said so too. So it is a done deal for all practical purposes. It is why the Atlantic published the posts - because they were not classified. I don’t like it but get over yourself. Elections have consequences and this is one of them. Instead of frothing like a rabid animal, start thinking about the elections in less than two years. It is not too late to make a difference yet. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and even Florida show the way forward.