Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund

[djphat2000]

Destroying terrorists is one thing and ethnic cleansing is another.

There’s been a lot of hyperbole thrown around the Gazan War. I agree that Hamas must be removed and I agree that they deliberately situated themselves so as to maximize Palestinian civilian casualties. The hard truth is that, in wars, civilian casualties exceed combatant casualties.

BUT… Fast-forwarding to “all Palestinians must be removed from Gaza” is very different. That act would certainly fit the definition of ethnic cleansing. I can only hope that it is a bluff intended to bring the Arab world to its senses in supporting the peaceful coexistence of Palestinians and Israel… but I doubt it. Trump seems to believe that conquering nations is what strong powerful leaders are supposed to do.

Trump talks out of both sides of his mouth. And it will depend on who moves first. The end result is the same. He is positioned to get what he wants either way. He takes over Palestine or everyone around there accepts and rebuilds. Either way something happens. And the local states don't want the Palestinians. So in their best interest is to help rebuild and ensure they have a home. Otherwise, Trump will rebuild it and kick everyone out and those same states will have no choice but to accept them, very reluctantly. As once they are "there", there they will be forever more. At least that is what I'm seeing his vision being.

Trump doesn't care about the intricacies of it. He just wants something that he considers favorable to happen. Not looking at lives lost or costs involved. Or religious this or culture that. Ethnic cleansing to him sounds good. None of this is his problem. Just wants the situation to appear to be fixed.

I personally am not in favor of any of his methods. BUT.....
Current and past states of affairs are LONG over due to be properly dealt with. We can't keep doing what we have been doing. Something has to force a full change. Again, I don't like it. But, if we simply go back to what was. It will just happen again. Israel will not feel safe. Neither will Palestinians. The surrounding states will also always have this hangging over them. Knowing at some point, we are going right back to this again.

If I had a go at it. I would treat it more similarly to how the US does with Native Americans. It's also not ideal. BUT, there are no walls. There are no guards or soldiers or weapons of any kind pointed at each other all the time. They both would have to accept each other, and ONE has to be fully in charge of the nation, while still having local rules. However, getting to that point isn't going to come overnight and there will be a lot of disagreements and many things I'm missing in-between all of that. I just don't think there will ever be a Palestine nation. In a perfect world maybe but, not the way things are.

 

[ThomasJL]

Tim Cook is a sociopath. That's because anyone who would donate $1 million to a sociopath like Trump is a sociopath.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

Tim Cook is a sociopath. That's because anyone who would donate $1 million to a sociopath like Trump is a sociopath.

Whoa, that’s some sound logic there, Plato.

 

[collin_]

Tim Cook is a sociopath. That's because anyone who would donate $1 million to a sociopath like Trump is a sociopath.

I don't think it's quite that simple. I don't think Tim Cook personally likes or respects Trump; he made a strategic decision that paid off for Apple, as he is obligated to do. The larger picture here, in my opinion, is more about the role of a CEO than this specific situation. Personally, I would not be able to stomach donating to Trump's inauguration fund. Nor would I be able to find fulfillment in a role where I have to consistently put the interests of a corporation over my personal values. But Tim Cook isn't me, and it's impossible to know what goes on inside his head. I hate that he had to donate to Trump to protect Apple. But by protecting Apple, he's protecting all of us. Okay... now that I type that out, it sounds a little melodramatic. But I don't want to pay $3,000 for an iPhone, and you probably don't either.

 

[cjsuk]

I don't think it's quite that simple. I don't think Tim Cook personally likes or respects Trump; he made a strategic decision that paid off for Apple, as he is obligated to do. The larger picture here, in my opinion, is more about the role of a CEO than this specific situation. Personally, I would not be able to stomach donating to Trump's inauguration fund. Nor would I be able to find fulfillment in a role where I have to consistently put the interests of a corporation over my personal values. But Tim Cook isn't me, and it's impossible to know what goes on inside his head. I hate that he had to donate to Trump to protect Apple. But by protecting Apple, he's protecting all of us. Okay... now that I type that out, it sounds a little melodramatic. But I don't want to pay $3,000 for an iPhone, and you probably don't either.

Exactly that.

The problem is that if you don't pay the million dollars then there are many people who do pay the million dollars who will get preferential treatment over you and use that to destroy your market, your customers and all sorts.

It should be completely illegal to make any political donations at all. That's where the issue is here.

 

[Alameda]

Tim Cook is a sociopath. That's because anyone who would donate $1 million to a sociopath like Trump is a sociopath.

Maybe… but his electronics were exempted from the tariffs, so he did the right thing for his company. And he didn’t donate to the man’s political campaign, he just donated it to his silly inauguration party.