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

citysnaps said:
Where did Cook make a promise to trump that 600,000 iPhones would be manufactured per day in the US?
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He said he would produce more Apple products in the USA to avoid tariffs. Where did this assembly plant go and what says where the powermac is made now? Has Timmy opened new factories or assembly plants in the USA?

I hope Trump remembers this and will act accordingly 😃
 
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aloysiusfreeman said:
I don't care about what other administrations have or haven't done because I typically despise most administrations. This whataboutism doesn't deflect that the republican party, which is firmly attached to Trump, is blatantly against LGBT people.
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Right. So you hate all administrations, including the current one. If you hate them all you hate them all, not much else to say about it then.
 
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Jobs would never have done this. Just goes to show Apple's performative platitudes about privacy and security don't mean diddly when it comes to oppressive regimes with which they want to cury favor. No principles. Puts the discussion about the 95 million settlement over Siri privacy in a new light I think. Shareholder value above all else.

See, also: China.
 
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Chungry said:
Jobs would never have done this. Just goes to show Apple's performative platitudes about privacy and security don't mean diddly when it comes to oppressive regimes with which they want to cury favor. No principles. Puts the discussion about the 95 million settlement over Siri privacy in a new light I think. Shareholder value above all else.

See, also: China.
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Jobs would have definitely been a Trumper, or at least an RFK Jr fan that hopped aboard
 
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Chungry said:
Jobs would never have done this. Just goes to show Apple's performative platitudes about privacy and security don't mean diddly when it comes to oppressive regimes with which they want to cury favor. No principles. Puts the discussion about the 95 million settlement over Siri privacy in a new light I think. Shareholder value above all else.

See, also: China.
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Thank you for the insight on what Steve Job would have not done. I would have never guessed.
 
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MacRumors said:


Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation directly from Cook rather than a donation from Apple.

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Following Trump's win, Cook congratulated him on social media site X, and in December, Cook had dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Cook aimed to maintain a relationship with Trump during Trump's first term as president, and it appears Cook plans to continue on with that plan going forward.

Sources that spoke to Axios said that Cook is donating to the inauguration "in the spirit of unity." Apple is not expected to make a donation.

Trump is taking office as Apple faces regulatory pressure both in the United States and in other countries. In March 2024, Apple was sued by the United States Department of Justice for allegedly violating antitrust law in multiple ways with its platforms. The Apple vs. DoJ legal battle will play out during Trump's term.

Amazon, Meta, Uber, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Coinbase, Toyota, Ford, GM, AT&T, Black & Decker, and Charter Communications are also making donations to Trump's inauguration fund.

Note: Due to the political or social nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Political News forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.

Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
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Do you get it yet,…… billionaires don’t care about you.
 
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HJM.NL said:
Not all republicans I hope. If people think like this, we’re going to jump back to the 1900’s
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When I say Republicans I speak of those in power in an elected position. Which, if there's a list of them who are against the witchhunts on "woke, trans agenda" bs, please enlighten me. Reality is that that's the party platform.

Republicans as voters, or those on this board - sadly it's just propaganda that I'm pretty powerless against.
 
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john123 said:
Oh yes, 100%. I agree with that. I wrote what I wrote because I wish more people understood exactly what you said. The problem is this busted system, not Tim Cook or DJT.

That's not to say that there aren't problems with both of them either...just that that's a separate discussion, and you have to decouple those discussions from the ones about political money.
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Oh I get what you mean. Yeah, this isn't a left or right issue, and it stuff like this happens all the time behind the scenes, especially with corporations, and we never hear about it. And those same corporations help pay the salaries through advertising of the people whose job it is to report these things, so they never report on it. And the worst part is that it's all legal.

I can go on a very long rant about this topic lol.
 
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HJM.NL said:
He said he would produce more Apple products in the USA to avoid tariffs. Where did this assembly plant go and what says where the powermac is made now? Has Timmy opened new factories or assembly plants in the USA?

I hope Trump remembers this and will act accordingly 😃
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Of course not, that's silly. The infrastructure and labor force does not exist in the US to manufacture 600,000 iPhones per day, as it is in China. And if it did, just imagine how much more an iPhone (and other Apple products) would cost due to greatly increased wages and benefits.

It appears you totally misread the story with respect to what Cook "promised" to trump. I do understand that you're hoping that Apple suffers in some way.
 
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If anyone thinks donations like this are new, here's the recent history of donations to presidential inaugurations.

Biden's 2021: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/corporate-america-biden-inaugural-committee-483904

Trump 2017 (this also covers the current one): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/donating-trumps-inauguration-last-minute-145804306.html

Etc.

I'm not saying I support Cook's donation, just that it's very common for major corporations and individuals to donate to an inauguration. Yes, it's a form of buying political favor.
 
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john123 said:
It’s rational in the sense that like it or not, this is how American politics is and has been for decades. This isn’t unique. The “authoritarian” part isn’t relevant here. That’s a different topic entirely.
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It is unique - which President elect in recent history openly used tariffs and the federal government to threaten companies, corporate leaders, etc who didn't fall in line? The Post, the LA Times and all these companies are compelled to do this precisely because of Trump's authoritarian leanings. Trump's nominee to run the FBI literally has an enemy list. This not normal.
 
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