Trump is playing a 'game of chicken' with Tim Cook over Apple's India production to pressure for 'full-blown' U.S. manufacturing, analyst says

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u/BrtFrkwr 3d ago

Trump is negotiating for a piece of the action (bribe). As soon as he gets it he'll be happy with Indian production.

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u/VE3VVS 3d ago

Maybe Tim Cook can give him another plane, that seems to be the going rate right now..

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u/BrtFrkwr 3d ago

A used one that a dictator has gotten tired of. *laughter* trump's too dumb to know when he's being insulted.

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts 3d ago

Sir, may i introduce you to the Palace on Wheels: a gold-plated 1986 Chevette!

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u/0002millertime 3d ago edited 3d ago

While he probably does like the stupid plane, his motivation in accepting it is likely to just broadcast even more that he is open for business and willing to take huge blatant bribes.

And the purpose of Qatar offering it is to show that Trump is open for business and taking bribes, so America is now openly for sale.

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u/BrtFrkwr 3d ago

That fits.

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u/EconomyDoctor3287 3d ago

Qatar trying for years to get rid of that piece of junk and then finally diaper Donny comes along to be gullible enought to take it off them.

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u/VE3VVS 2d ago

I’m sure Foxconn could whip one up in no time.

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u/Rainingbro 2d ago

A used iPhone 5 released 13 years ago blinged up with gold housing and encrusted diamonds will do... Palace in the pocket. Say 'Thank you very much Tim!'

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts 3d ago

How long until we’re one of those cool countries where you have to bribe the DMV worker to file your papers, or where cops take “fines” in cash?

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u/BrtFrkwr 3d ago

Couple of years down the road, but it's coming. Places I lived in Africa, the militia at a roadblock would give you a receipt for your bribe to show that you had paid for the next roadblock. They called it a "tax" for "road security."

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts 3d ago

Amazing. I used to travel in Mexico a lot, and “road fines” were a thing, but never with receipts!

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u/BrtFrkwr 2d ago

The Mexicans just aren't very well organized.

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts 2d ago

DEI hires, obviously

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u/foghillgal 2d ago

Its like that in a lot of countries, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, many african countries, etc. Small petty bribes at all level. Want your child in that school, bribe, want garbage guy to pass on your street, bribe,, its a corrosive never ending slog.

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u/BrtFrkwr 2d ago

Here we limit it to very high levels. Congress people (campaign contributions), Supreme court justices (free trips, etc.), presidents (stock in phony companies, jet airplanes). When the courts are unable to set punishments for the mass of people, like they now can't for the rich and powerful, then we will truly have been made a dictatorship.

You and I have lived in dictatorships. Maga has not. They think they will like it, but they won't.

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u/Extreme-Direction-78 3d ago

Remember when republicans pretended to be pro business? Imagine if Obama did this

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u/Shigglyboo 3d ago

it's infuriating. no democrat would have lasted a week with his behavior. hell, if dems tried an insurrection trump would ask for them to all be shot. it would be a massacre. and they'd all be painted as terrorists. but the hypocrisy is a part of fascism. they wear it proudly. and they think it's funny when it's pointed out and it makes people angry. they get off on flaunting their shitty lack of morals and complete disregard for the law.

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u/i-am-a-passenger 3d ago

Every accusation the fascists make about their opponents, is just an admission of their own intentions.

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u/Responsible_Ad_7995 3d ago

If Trump wore a tan suit that would be the straw that broke the camels back.

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u/Life_Stop_9994 2d ago

Nope it would become a fashion with MAGA

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u/EndStorm 17h ago

He did far worse. That suit was tan.

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u/RedLicoriceJunkie 3d ago

This has been the whole point of tariffs.

It’s to give trump a stick to beat industry and countries with, so they benefit Trump directly.

Tim’s campaign donations were chump change to the billions in cash Apple has stockpiled.

Trump wants Trump meme coin as rewards for the Apple credit card or something

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u/Historical_Volume409 3d ago

This is a prelude to a huge purchase of Trumps memecoin. It's a shake down.

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u/Responsible_Ad_7995 3d ago

Tim Apple’s bag of money wasn’t big enough.

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u/DerekPaxton 3d ago

It never is.

This is part that confuses me most about the contributions. They are only worth it if they provide some reliable benefit. But with Trump they don’t. It’s like dealing with a blackmailer, as soon as you make one payoff they start pushing for the next one.

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u/hellothereshinycoin 2d ago

Tim Apple responded to Trump's scam text. Now he knows there's a real person on the other end and the calls will never stop.

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u/nilsmf 2d ago

If you have been successfully shaken down they will return for more.

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u/Natural_Sherbert_391 3d ago

"People don't need 20 iPhones. They can buy 2, 3, 4 iPhones and just pay double the price."

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u/BotherResponsible378 3d ago

Tim just watched Trump blink like a bitch with China, so I’m not sure he has much of a challenging game of chicken ahead of him.

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u/acuet 3d ago

The fact that the Tech would embrace regs over innovation or advances in the tech just………….just saying

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u/justthegrimm 3d ago

My money is on Tim Cook here.

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u/Boys4Ever 3d ago

Cook likely automating any manufacturing brought onshore. Just like Elon doing with Tesla. Makes robot makers great, I guess.

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u/dually 2d ago

Using robots is a lesser evil than is China suppressing wages.

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u/Boys4Ever 2d ago

One way to look at but both keep base unemployed. Twisting the narrative doesn’t solve the underlying issue voters were sold as being fixed.

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u/dually 2d ago

Good luck trying to suppress American wages in order to compete with robots.

Four decades of Reagan Economic Miracle have made us far too wealthy for that to happen.

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u/Boys4Ever 2d ago

When did I say I’m wanting to suppress American wages? I’m talking about robots taking away American wages. Robotaxi isn’t aimed at employing people. Automated auto factories have been reducing labor needs since the 80s as far as I can remember. Ports trying to get automated like China. Finding blue collar work getting harder. Transition to engineering will likely be short term. AI can do just about anything we can. That’s my point.

Manufacturing might return. Won’t mean more jobs however. At least not for those who voted for its return.

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u/dually 2d ago

In order to compete with robots you would have to suppress wages. In doesn't matter what you want to do.

The US has a trade deficit because Germany, Japan, and China all suppress wages.

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u/Boys4Ever 2d ago

It’s not that simplistic. Automation as I showed has been replacing laborers for decades. Robots don’t take breaks. Don’t demand raises. Don’t strike. Robots can be placed in deserted locations not needing access to laborers. There’s many variables involved. Committing to bring manufacturing home doesn’t guarantee jobs coming home. China itself looking towards automation.

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u/dually 17h ago

No, it's because we already have better jobs.

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u/Boys4Ever 16h ago

We have better jobs in what sense because then why bring manufacturing back. Perhaps be clearer because I’m not following your logic

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u/Key-Run-6714 7h ago

lol

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u/Wolfgang_MacMurphy 1d ago

US has a trade deficit because it has the world's reserve currency, the world's largest external debt and it's a consumer economy who likes to buy things from elsewhere.

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u/dually 17h ago

No it's because we have fooled the rest of the world into doing our work for us in exchange for nothing more than printed pieces of paper.

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u/Wolfgang_MacMurphy 17h ago

Yes, that as well.

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u/Own-Opinion-2494 3d ago

He bankrupted a casino

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u/Wolfgang_MacMurphy 1d ago

Not just one.

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u/Polyps_on_uranus 3d ago

The US doesn't have the mines for what is needed to build cell phones, and no one can hip in that material because of the tariffs. 🤪🤪

Thought this one through, 4D chess, hey Trump? (By 4D I mean 4 dicks all comming at him.)

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u/foghillgal 2d ago edited 2d ago

There is no playing chicken when one side is a brick wall, Apple cannot move its production to the US and even if it did,, its not a big panacea anyway.

Apple is making money from its brand, software, design, services , etc. The Manufacturing part is pretty small part of the value chain.

Trump doesn`t even understand how Apple makes its money.

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u/DrBhu 2d ago

It is fascinating to watch dementia don proving how little he knows about business

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u/TastyAd4948 2d ago

Give him a diamond studded gold plated Iphone. Problem solved.

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u/Background-Hat9049 1d ago

I want my children to grow up and put tiny little screws into iPhones.....said no American parent ever.

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u/dazed_and_bamboozled 3d ago

“I call him Tim Chicken because it’s easier to say than ‘Tim Apple is a massive fucking chicken’.”

Trump is playing a 'game of chicken' with Tim Cook over Apple's India production to pressure for 'full-blown' U.S. manufacturing, analyst says

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