Xed

AppleZulu said:

So now it’s a folding screen that’s not even that much bigger than an existing iPhone? This rumor is really doubling down on the unlikely scenario that Apple would release an iPhone that’s more fragile, will have an inferior camera due to reduced thickness, adds bloat to iOS, and costs a lot more just to deliver the brief novelty of “hey, look, it folds!” Add to that a significant chance of a hefty tariff by the time of the alleged release, and you can really figure this will never see the light of day. 

ravnorodom said:

My prediction for the next few months:

• Yesterday: Tariff exempt

• Today: Tariff temporarily exempt

• Next week: Tariff permanent

• The following week: Tariff permanent until Christmas

• Next month: Tariff exempt is back — Summer only

• July: Tariff hikes up to 1000%, but only for the 4th of July

• August: Tariff National Holiday is officially established

9secondkox2 said:

AppleZulu said:

9secondkox2 said:

Xed said:

9secondkox2 said:

As I’ve been saying since before this whole thing happened. 

No, you said that the world has been ripping the US off and that Apple needs to bring manufacturing back to the US. Trump giving in yet again with this exemption doesn't hurt China and doesn't bring "jobs" back to the US. But nice try.

Wrong. I said all of the above - including that Apple would sail through due to exemptions. Mike W. even commented directly telling me "it's not going to go the way I think it will go" in response to one of my posts on the matter. I also added late that The USA has indeed been getting ripped in world trade forever now and that it's about time someone stands up to global bullies. Manufacturing does belong back in the USA - but also elsewhere. America doesn't need to abdicate all manufacturing. Much healthier to be both a product AND services economy. The fact is Trump is very easy to read and to predict when you realize that he has America's best interests at heart ad takes action accordingly. It is no surprise that he initiated reciprocal tariffs or that he paused them when the word wanted to make a deal. It's also not shocking at all that he kept up the tariffs on China, but did so in a way that doesn't hurt American companies (though it also weakens the tariff impact on China) - who he is doing this on behalf of. It's the art of the deal in action - set an extreme goal, get them scrambling, then when the entrenched positions are broken, maneuver the chess pieces, keep them guessing, and settle on the realistic area you wanted all along.I know it's popular on this site to hate on the man, but it doesn't make much sense. 

As I have been saying all along, Apple is going to be OK. They have someone standing up for them on the global stage. I have a sneaking suspicion that more is to come with the EU as well. 

Talk about the real TDS. 

Trump has no one’s interests at heart but his own. This was not some masterful “art of the deal.” This was and still is an economic clusterf*ck foisted on the world by an egomaniacal narcissist, surrounded by a bunch of servile sycophants who won’t tell him no, even if it means destroying the entire world economy. 

These are not even remotely “reciprocal tariffs.” They are simplistic ChatGPT math, based on individual trade deficits, not other countries’ tariffs imposed on US imports into their countries, all dumped on a chart like a list minute homework project where the assignment was “give me a chart of big tariffs on every country in the world, except Russia.” You can paint bullseyes around every one of Trump’s randomly thrown darts, but you’re not convincing anyone that any of it has been a carefully planned strategy. 

No matter what the guy does, you’ll find a reason to hate on the man. That’s “The real TDS.” Any time he does something that not even haters can hold against him, you’ll accuse him of painting a bullseye there.

9secondkox2 said:

As I’ve been saying since before this whole thing happened. 

randominternetperson said:

Unfortunately AAPL won’t come all the way back because the market understands that a successful Apple requires a healthy economy and confident consumers. 

The trick will be selling at the peak before DJT does the next genius thing.