05-26-2025, 11:15 AM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/26/nyt-a...dle-east-trip/
The new tariff on iPhones apparently came about due to Tim Cook not going with Trump on his trip to the Middle East. The corruption is wild.
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You’ve probably seen a few photos from Trump’s CEO-studded tour of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
From Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the president’s entourage read like a Silicon Valley star lineup. But one high-profile exec was missing: Apple CEO Tim Cook, who had been invited but declined. And according to the Times, that decision stuck with Trump throughout the trip.
During a speech in Riyadh, for instance, the president praised Huang for showing up, then took a shot: “Tim Cook isn’t here, but you are.” Later, in Qatar, he told attendees he had “a little problem with Tim Cook”, as he criticized Apple’s growing manufacturing footprint in India. Hours later, the tariff threat went live:
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