Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.

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• Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seems like someone is worried about tariffs on iPhones. Sadly, this will probably work too.

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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t watch, the cringe is overpowering.

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• TerdFerguson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What a stupid fucking dildo. Sucking pp like that.

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• foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All the people that surely criticized Musk at the time, would surely not criticize cook this time, because Apple fans… They have it in their hands

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• drhodl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not a “gift”. It was a BRIBE !!

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• Kurious84@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You know cook loves money more than his principles.

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• Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Goddammit Tim Apple, it doesn’t even look like anything remotely interesting.

  For a split second after he stepped aside to reveal it, I actually thought it was a cool dragon figure. Must’ve been my mind desperately seeking any meaning in this nonsense because I was looking at the phones.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t wait for all these fuckwits to get what’s coming to them.

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• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Imagine America loving it.

  Ba da da da da.

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• Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What is engraved on it? What is he saying?

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  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The engraving is irrelevant as the main glass piece will “accidentally” fall down and break, the 24k gold stand then would be put in storage where it will be “lost” and smelted down to a clean untraceable ingot

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• SpoonyBard@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What a fucking tool.

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes he is, but that’s who you voted to lead 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    • subarctictundra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ‘you’

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• EntropyFlux@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So Trump didn’t want his usual bribe of a BJ and $10M??

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• alvyn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He is kissing his as so gently.

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  • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nothing subtly though

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• fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tim is smart. This is exactly how to survive your shit president, America. Bend him over and kiss his ass, and you’ll survive.

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  • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or we can fight back and not lay down for the dictator as he destroys the entire country around us

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    • mrductape@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They just made an assessment what it costs to fight vs what it costs to just kiss his ass and hope it will pass. The outcome is obvious.

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  • Soup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Trump is not a powerful wizard, all his power comes from people who give it to them. Those people have a choice, and this is it.

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• dan69@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Assuming that’s a 5lb paper weight base, is that ~250k$ worth??

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• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why don’t they just transfer $200k directly to Trump?

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  • D_C@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “ewww, that would be bribery. This is not a bribe, it’s a … gift? Yes, it’s a gift. Definitely a gift. And we expect nothing in return ;⁠-⁠);⁠-⁠) just a little gift. And this is definitely not a distraction from the orange buffoon being a child rapist and being mentioned many times on the Epstein list!!!”

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Google donated $1 million to the inauguration fund”

    Not a big enough bribe at this scale

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• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had a hard time hearing what he said… What was it? A gold base for a piece of glass?

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    gold

    thats exactly, its probably just gold plated, and not solid gold.

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• BenHere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  i wonder what trump will ise that for

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• bebabalula@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a bit like mark rutte calling Trump “daddy”. It’s completely inconsequential in actual reality but still feels so entirely wrong. And I don’t even know who should be most embarrassed, the bootlickers or Trump for being transparently narcissistic that everyone realizes bootlicking works

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is not inconsequential at all, it’s literally a bribe

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ick

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• Shayeta@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I doubt many here would refuse to do this for massive bag.

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• bitwolf@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is the 24 karat on Aluminum?

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  • Demonmariner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    More likely zinc or brass.

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• rottenmummy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I salute Tim on his dick sucking skills

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  • magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Such precision at such small scale.

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• Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plot twist: It’s loaded with spyware to gain leverage over Trump and blackmail him.

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• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is this another reference to piss play like last time?

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• Marleyinoc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe he just has a fetish for tiny pee pees?

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Render unto Caesar…

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Look at this move from a purely business perspective:

  Give the toddler a shiny toy, toddler plays nicely.

  And oh my fuck it’s such a cheap gift from the war chest of Apple’s bajillions. The real story is the Trump is too stupid to be insulted!

  Been screaming for years, “PLAY this narcissistic fool!” Just wish world media and politicians and celebrities would get in the game. He’s a CHILD! PLAY HIM! Instead we got world leaders rolling over. Heysus.

  Nah, not hating on Cook for making an hilariously logical move.

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  • SpoonyBard@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah, it would have been way better (especially for literally everyone else) if they didn’t play at all.

    Instead all the greediest people are realizing they can do this and they get all the things they want (so does Trump, along with more power) and it’s only at the expense of the entire American population (and the rest of the world too).

    Fuck Cook. It isn’t clever. It’s literally greed. It’s not even that other people haven’t thought to do this, it’s that you have to be a total piece of shit to do this.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    trump loves anything that has gold on it, also its not solid gold because it would be too heavy for him to handle.

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    • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not solid gold because anything solid would be out of character for Apple. Note also the surface texture.

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