But, but, but… I thought the foreign governments paid the tariffs? /s just in case
Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US
Submitted 10 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
malin@thelemmy.club 10 months ago
We need to keep in mind that businesses like Apple are already charging the most they think customers are willing to pay.
Tariffs will hurt their bottom line by causing them to lose more in sales than they can make up for by raising unit prices.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It sounds like he thinks the word “tariff” just means “payment”. Then he follows that with “[whoever he thinks should make the payment]”. Tariff by Apple, Tariff by China, etc. Honestly. I don’t know how else you can make it make sense.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s pretty clear what he wants. He wants WW3.
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He wants to consolidate manufacturing to make the US more self sufficient. The tariffs are simply a tool to designed to encourage local manufacturing.
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He wants to start dominating smaller countries just like Russia and China. As well as annexing neighbors. He wants to do what Hitler couldn’t. He wants to use the most powerful military in the world.
If he wants to go to war, then he’s probably going about things the right way. Historically, being reliant on other countries for your supply chain can be a huge liability in war. For example, we were in danger of losing WW2 because of a lack of access to rubber. We need it for boots and tires, and we got it all from South East Asia, our access to rubber was completely cut off by Japan, it was a huge problem until we developed synthetic (plastic) rubber. We literally wouldn’t have been able to put boots on the ground or vehicles on the road.
If we were to end up in a conflict with China for instance, we would lose access to a lot of high tech manufacturing, we suddenly wouldn’t be able to make new computers. That could be bad.
Anyway, the signs are all here, Hitler V2 wants to mobilize soon.
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BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If Apple is the importer of record for its products, then it does incur and pay the tariff to the U.S. government. But obviously that gets passed along to consumers as no company will simply eat the cost.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
he makes it sound like the manufacturers pay the tarriff so his moron supporters think it’s a good idea.
hansolo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
All to try and flood the treasury so he can afford tax cuts he promised to donors.
Turns out running the government is hard and it sucks.
independantiste@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
here we go again with he tariffs. his friends made back some money after the last crash he caused so now he can go back to crashing it
jaaake@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They didn’t make “back” money, they’re just making money. His friends are the ones telling him to say insane shit that drives the market (or specific targeted stocks like Apple) down, then they buy while it’s low. After a few days/weeks, he changes his mind/can’t enforce his nonsense and the stock goes back up, his friends sell and have nothing but profit. The majority of the shit he does is market manipulation to benefit himself and anyone riding his coattails.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 10 months ago
so many apple shills here… why not upgrade to an adult phone?
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 10 months ago
Do you mean the ones with the big T9 keyboards so grandpa doesn’t have to wear his glasses while using his?
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 10 months ago
so many apple shills here… why not upgrade to an adult phone?
So this makes me laugh because when I was younger and had more time to spend with rooting and custom ROMs, I used Android phones. And I loved them!
Now that I’m older I use an iPhone (for a number of reasons) and I also love it!
It’s almost like smartphones are tools that fit their use case, and not something else up be tribal over.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’m just curious about how anyone can get excited enough to love any smartphone these days? Seems a necessary evil to me and a vessel for enshitification. What about the iPhone do you love so much?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
it’s good that you have an adult phone, but maybe try acting like an adult with it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Search “adult websites” to learn more.
angelmountain@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Is this another pump 'n dump (or rather dump 'n buy a shitload and then change your mind again so the stock rises to the original level)?
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
What the hell is with the “Thank you for your attention to this matter?”
You’re shitposting to a global media audience, not politely asking Facilities to restock the vending machine with Snickers bars.
Are you just in full Business Guy Autocomplete mode? A Bigly Language Model?
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
“Rock over London, Rock on Chicago”
Mac@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Facilities doesn’t stock the machines, the machine company it itself or contracts a third party.
Asafum@feddit.nl 10 months ago
He’s been doing it a lot lately, it’s so absurd…
captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 10 months ago
Maybe he secretly died and they are using grok to write his tweets.
meejle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Grok wouldn’t fuck up the spelling so badly
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Surely Grok would make a better president and be more human and intelligent?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That bothers me too. It’s the business equivalent of " do what I say. I don’t want to have to help. Go fuck yourself"
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Thanks God he clarified he’s talking about Tim Cook of Apple, for a moment I thought he was speaking about my neighbor from downstairs.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tim Apple the cook
n3cr0@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And so Apple’s breakdown begins. Trump smashing their overrated market position in the US. It’s the first time I would support his BS decisions.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t, this is not a good thing. Threatening a company with punitive action bcz they didn’t capitulation to your whims is not a good thing. Nevermind that you cant just up and move your manufacturing overnight.
The right way to bring manufacturing back is to give companies incentives and investment funds for bringing manufacturing back over a certain number of years. A carrot and honey are a lot more convincing than vinegar when trying to get what you want.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s all true. But how do you feel for buying an already overpriced product, made by a greedy company which acts against software developers (by prohibidding selling their software on other market places and dictating prices), the environment, and the customer (repairability, compatibility and more restrictions) and the state (tax evasion)? I think Apple should get what they deserve.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 10 months ago
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh no, not less than a balf percent change and stable for a couple hours right after opening!
underline960@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 months ago
And none of those y axes start at zero, which is additionally misleading as it exaggerates the level of change.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Tribute’s goin’ up, lads! Better shake them coffers empty, the Lord of Great Murika demands more mmmmoneyyyy!
NotAGamer@lemmy.org 10 months ago
Even with tariffs it’s still not financially viable to Apple to bring manufacturing to the U.S. and if they still decided to it would take 10to 15 years to get going. It ain’t gonna happen. Sad oompa-loompa.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oompa loompa Trumpty Do, Donny is an idiot who flunked out of school. He is only know because of his daddy’s millions which he squandered like a stupid fool. Then one day television came to play. Donny sitting in his dirty run down office like a loser all day. They reinvented him as a successful business man, but the truth is he is a cuck with no fucking plan. Now this poser sits in the highest office of our land, shitting his pants and tweeting all day.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Trump is playing the long game (or long-con). Changing laws about presidential reelection is next. And then he may die next term, but the Pope-killer will take over his reins.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 months ago
We could only be so lucky. I’m reality it’ll probably be Steven Miller.
RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
he’s extorting everyone it has nothing to do with tariffs
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
It’s basically “lose a huge amount of money or do me favours that cost you 1/100 as much”. Surprise, surprise, they do the favours.
danc4498@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How many clearance lot jets can Apple provide? Maybe Apple TV wants to host a truth social media network?
sidtirouluca@lemm.ee 10 months ago
infighting in america. im lovin it!
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
infighting will lead to outfighting, you won’t be lovin that.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
When the USA has no more industry, education, science, healthcare or employment and the American people are dying younger and younger, thousands of homeless Americans can watch Trump’s military parade destroy the streets of Washington DC and know that America is great again.
NChiwana76@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yum, Soylent green.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Surprise!
There actually isn’t any food there.
Loduz_247@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Trump has become schizophrenic again.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 10 months ago
Trump has a lot that seems might be wrong with him, but schizophrenia never really seemed to be on the list. Narcissism, dementia, psycho-/socio-pathy, compulsive lying, and possibly more, but I’ve never gotten the feeling he displayed the hyperpatternicity I associate with schizophrenia.
Gigasser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sigh…at least Apple is getting screwed over though. They’ve been impeding right to repair for a long time, perhaps their karmic debt is finally catching up to them.
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
Honestly he sounds like just about every old man I’ve ever met, rambling on about whatever nonsense is running through his head at the moment.
SattaRIP@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Let’s not armchair diagnose people, please.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Yeah I don’t like the sort of sanism it often implies.
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 10 months ago
It’s always disappointing to see how much people on here hate people with mental disabilities. Under no circumstances would anyone be OK with comparing Donald Trump to another minority. I think even insulting him by calling him fat is perceived as too gauche. But ableism? 100% OK by most of Lemmy.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
You’re right. There’s absolutely no evidence of Trump being not of sound mind.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think I will. Thanks for your input though.
sepi@piefed.social 10 months ago
Let's. And don't tell us what to do.
TurnOnTheSunflower@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think you suffer from anti armchair diagnosis.
sidtirouluca@lemm.ee 10 months ago
4 more years of this comedy over there, im laughing too much already! xD
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 10 months ago
it effects the entire world pal, just cause its not visibly right outside your front door doesnt mean youre above it
also, being smug is a shitty look
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
are you going to keep laughing when he extorts another world leader of a country Russia is invading?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Lexam@lemmy.world 10 months ago
All those hours spent on that tiny screw game is finally going to pay off!
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
tiny screw game
how do you know what I call sex?
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Everyone talks about it behind your back. Sorry.
pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Finally something Lemmy users can get behind since they hate Apple so much.