Failed business man telling people how to run their businesses
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
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Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 day 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 1 day ago
Tim Apple the cook
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
But, but, but… I thought the foreign governments paid the tariffs? /s just in case
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Will the US factories have suicide nets too, or is that reserved for Taiwan?
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Nah in the US they just let them die
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
That would be healthcare. So, no.
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I thought the nets were in the PRC.
Lexam@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All those hours spent on that tiny screw game is finally going to pay off!
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
tiny screw game
how do you know what I call sex?
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Everyone talks about it behind your back. Sorry.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
What a fucking idiot
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 day ago
In British slang if you fart we sometimes say you Trump, or Trumpet. Can we refer to Trumps posts and speeches as Trumpets?
Maverick604@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Well, on Mastodon they are already called “toots”, which is kind of American slang for a fart anyway. So ya, switching to calling them “Trumps” is not far off…
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I played the trumpet for several years and I love that instrument. It’s bad enough that the names coincide; please don’t make it worse 😭
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Coming this fall: the new iPhone Republican edition (iPhone RE)
-cheaper construction and materials, yet somehow features a higher price tag -tons of backdoors (this time, intentional) -only connects to approved propaganda sites -reports all biometric data to the GOP -zaps you whenever it detects a thought the party dislikes -integrates with neurolink (not optional, you sick deviant)
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
camera moves to the right. Plus, you cant swipe left anymore and only swipe right
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
iPhone XR
Xitter [R-Slur] Edition
Or
Xenophobic Recession Edition
alexdeathway@programming.dev 1 day ago
Can someone calculate how much an iPhone would cost if manufactured in the USA?
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 day ago
$3,500 according to one estimate.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
With more automation wouldn’t it possibly cost less than this? On Taiwan the balance between automation and human labor is due to their costs of labor and automation.
In any case more expensive than on Taiwan, though.
If US cost of labor drops sharply due to a few bubbles exploding, or a few nukes explode somewhere causing harm to world economy, then having such plants already in place might be retrospectively considered a wise decision.
Consumer hardware is now being used in wars on scale, changing all balances. So I think everybody is going to do what Trump is doing. Keep complex processes inside if they have the knowledge and ability, and try to gain knowledge and ability if they don’t.
I don’t think it’s bad. Socialists will finally see a situation which their ideology fits best. Industrial specialties, even worker-level ones, teach people to think in a way making idiotic websites in some modern framework doesn’t.
All that, of course, is sometime after the hellish hell we’re going to see making us work to achieve it.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Not much. It’s basically just the cost of adding a “Made in USA” sticker to the box.
ikidd@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Pay massive bribe to Dirty Donny, put sticker on.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 23 hours ago
Apple spent millions per year in fines for decades just because Steve Jobs didn’t want illuminated fire exit signs polluting the decor of his Apple stores. Their cash reserves exceed $150bn. They won’t do anything they don’t want to do.
superminerJG@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Trump on his way to make Android phones more popular (they’re not as highly tariffed)
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Making America great again by increasing Samsung’s market share.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Why isn’t Samsung or Motorola highly tariffed? It’s the same, right?
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Apple is more or less getting individually tariffed because stupid.
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Do it to everyone, I dare you. Nerds get heated. Please it will end sooner for him.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
i feel like there are many nerds that voted for him
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
More like didn’t vote at all
SulaymanF@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
That’s just the loudest voices, not the majority.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
Looks like Apple is balking at paying the required bribe.
Shanedino@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The more I think about it doesn’t trump just want to raise taxes without explicitly raising taxes.
medgremlin@midwest.social 22 hours ago
*Raise taxes on poor people. The billionaires can easily just fly to Europe for a shopping spree attached to their regular weekend jaunt and bring everything home in their luggage (if they cared about the prices of anything to begin with, that is).
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
“Trump says…” A load of fucking bollocks, to be frank. You can rest assured what he says is the opposite of reality. He’s a pathological liar.
mhague@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
He did say he would fuck his daughter if she weren’t his daughter.
elvith@feddit.org 23 hours ago
Which part is the lie? That he wouldn’t fuck his daughter if she weren’t his daughter or that he would fuck his daughter if she were his daughter?
SeriousMite@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Not even sure at this point if he can bring himself to say a single true thing.
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I oppose tariffs, but I’m also somewhat indifferent to the fortunes of Apple.
malin@thelemmy.club 1 day 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.
clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
that’s the plan
baggins@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Thank your for your
sidtirouluca@lemm.ee 1 day ago
infighting in america. im lovin it!
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 day 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.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Surprise!
There actually isn’t any food there.
NChiwana76@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yum, Soylent green.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
infighting will lead to outfighting, you won’t be lovin that.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
underline960@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 day ago
And none of those y axes start at zero, which is additionally misleading as it exaggerates the level of change.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh no, not less than a balf percent change and stable for a couple hours right after opening!
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Tribute’s goin’ up, lads! Better shake them coffers empty, the Lord of Great Murika demands more mmmmoneyyyy!
Neuromorph@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
Apple should just not sell them in the US then.
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Profiteers foregoing the largest source of profit? Not likely.
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
you know how trolls respond in games or everywhere online? Exactly like this. Did Don forget to breath while writing that run-on sentence?
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
The goal is fine but that isn’t anywhere near enough to force production into the US
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 day ago
so many apple shills here… why not upgrade to an adult phone?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it’s good that you have an adult phone, but maybe try acting like an adult with it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Search “adult websites” to learn more.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 day 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 1 day 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?
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 1 day ago
Do you mean the ones with the big T9 keyboards so grandpa doesn’t have to wear his glasses while using his?
angelmountain@feddit.nl 1 day 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)?
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Krasnov fails to realize the shareholders hold the power to decide manufacturing sites.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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.
clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
on the other hand, who in America can hold trump accountable? don’t tell me it’s “the people”
n3cr0@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
nulluser@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Who does he think he’s talking to?
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
His subordinates, who else?
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Tim Apple could just buy him a fucking plane and be done with it.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s what I’d do if I were an ambitious, resource hoarding, ass pimple billionaire.
It’s obvious the way to Trump’s heart is to tell him he’s pretty and give him something .
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
Yeah make him a custom iPhone with a unibody out of pure gold?