Trump has been threatening tariffs on Apple iPhones. Apple CEO Tim Cook is very nervous about it, especially since iPhone only has 19% market share )compared to 76% for Android!) and will be going down even further as Trump’s own China-made smart phone rolls out soon.
Cook went to the WH this week to try to convince the president that Apple was “America first” by pledging to favor American parts makers and gifting Trump with a ridiculously expensive Corning-made, gold-plated trophy. The president went on to say what a great American Cook was, despite the fact that Cook reiterated that iPhones will not be made in America.
I have to give Cook credit. Like other savvy biz executives, he has learned there is no quicker way to this president’s heart than with flattery and gifts. Give Trump those two things, and you will have him eating out of your hand. maybe Cook is the one who should get a trophy for best suck-up.
Too bad every business doesn’t have access to the president to tell him he’s the GOAT and hand him a trophy. The many businesses— especially small businesses, that were already operating on tiny profit margins— who are being hammered by Trump‘s tariffs have no access to him, nor does he care about their decline. Maga inc is mostly about Wall Street mega corp profits and photo opps. Everyone else can kick rocks. Hey that would make a good song.
On that note, keep an eye out for my band’s (New World Rejects) upcoming double album called Once Upon a Crime.
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