This isn't about making Apple make iPhones in the US. This is a 25% tax on everyday Americans that the fascists will blame on Apple for not making iPhones in the US and use to give tax breaks to the rich. Trump and his cabal are reverse Robin Hooding the American people and 70 million of them are lining up to lick his boots for it.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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He still has absolutely no clue how tariffs work. Amazing for someone who throws them left and right without thinking. Although the latter might explain it.
I wonder if he knows apple simply can not comply with this. Apple doesn't know how to make iPhones (at the scale and rate needed) and no one in the US does either.
RIP
It's coming true.
And again "tariff must be paid by Apple" really shows that he still has no idea how they work.
Tbf the labor will be done by the minorities and undesirables they will keep throwing in prison without due process
Made in India + 25% tariff is still cheaper than made in Murica.
That BS is just for media.
Well, technically, any kind of tariff added to the import is always paid by Apple, who else would pay it? Some unrelated company? A foreign country?
They will simply increase the price by an amount that will keep them making the same amount of money. The main problem is that because they like to do a round price worldwide, we European we'll pay more too, so they can make more money. Assholes
Don't buy Apple. Problem solved. I will not accept arguments about 'but the eco-system blah-blah'
Sticks Fingers in ears lalalalalala
Then don't buy it duh.
If Apple can push the price further into the thousands won't Samsung, etc follow anyway?
People thought a phone that was $1000 would never sell, Apple came out with the pro models and now here we are with the high end models all being a thousand plus.
Yup non tarrifed goods go up too
We can always respond with our money and not buy an iPhone
iPhones not iPhone's... Who let this idiot be in charge of anybody? Did he even go to school?
& Just that entire sentence is atrociously bad
Thank your for your attention to this matter!€
LMFAO it's the entire fucking tweet!! Thank your for your... omg you are the president of the united states get grammarly or something...you sound even dumber than the people who voted for you...
An extra 25% must be paid by consumers. Like every other tariff. New taxes be like that.
And knowing the cult of Apple, they'll pay it because it makes them look wealthy. That is the whole culture of Apple Customer base.
'What's up, everybody? This is your boy Apple Lad, and I came through with one of those Tariff I Phones, just so I can unbox it for you!
Good fuck apple they probably donated to trump
This won't hurt apple one bit. They will pass the cost on t to American consumers. This is a 25% tax on everyday Americans to pay for the billions of dollars of tax cuts for the rich.
They did, or at least Tim Cook did.
This is what you get for bending down to the tyrant in inauguration day. You cant appease tyrants, you must fight them.
Such smol govment
What a fucking idiot
Killing Biden's CHIPs act certainly didn't help that cause.
Problem is that it had bidens sign on it, so he was forced to kill it without even taking care of its contents
No he wasn't. It's just because of his his pride and idiocy that he thinks he was.
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It is paid by consumers, not Apple. Other phone companies will raise prices as well to increase their profits, since iPhone prices will set a new high price. When Apple prices goes up 25% other phone companies can increase their prices by 15% and still be competitive to apple.
Actually to make same profit due to lower phone sales Apple may have to raise price even higher than 25% or find other ways to get consumers to pay more. Die hard fans of Apple will buy, whatever the price.
Failed business man telling people how to run their businesses. I’ve got an idea about how to make American manufacturing cheaper universal healthcare.
I see the problem here. He's talking to Tim Cook, who's CEO of some cooking company. He needs to talk to Tim Apple.
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