Trump warns Apple of 25% tariffs if iPhones not made in US
https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-pay-25-tariff-if-phones-not-made-us-trump-says-2025-05-23/
Trump warns Apple of 25% tariffs if iPhones not made in US
https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-pay-25-tariff-if-phones-not-made-us-trump-says-2025-05-23/
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The stupidity has no bounds.
[iPhone could triple in price to $3,500 if they’re made in the US](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/tech/apple-iphones-cost-tariffs-impact-intl-hnk)
“And even then, it would cost Apple about $30 billion and three years to move just 10% of their supply chain to the US to begin with”
This is what happens when you try to placate a madman
This is the “small government” and “free market” that maga scum cheers
Trump proving once again he’s a fucking idiot
Fascist clown.
He’s trying to get AAPL to drop so he and his buds can snap it up for nothing.
Trump just wiped $130 billion off Apple’s market cap with a single post
https://i.imgur.com/OKqxEDh.jpeg
And he’ll just get away with it.
Has that Foxconn factory opened in Wisconsin yet?
If any democrats did this Republicans would be clamoring for impeachment.
Even larger bribe incoming.
Singling out a specific company is illegal
Trump does not want iPhones to be made in US. He wants a bribe.
When he names a company it means “give me money”.
Someone has told him Apple has big margins so he’s basically just treating this as a company-specific tax, or tribute.
Market manipulation… this is just so crazy that he has such unilateral power to basically destroy the market at any point in time.
I am sure he told his good friends that he was going to say this and there was some heavy buys in puts for today…
This is how you create cartels and black markets you fucking idiot. STOP.
Make stocks go lower by threatening tariffs, buy stocks. Make stocks go higher by lifting the threat of tariffs, sell stocks.
Every day I wake up and think it can’t get more ridiculous yet it does.
The U.S. Constitution, specifically Article I, Section 9, Clause 3, prohibits Congress(or in this case the President since he’s using Congress’ power) from passing bills of attainder.
Straight up blackmail, out in the open.
Tim Cook donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration btw. That’s how it goes with extortion. You pay once, you pay forever.
Or Apple could spend some of their wealth propping up better politicians.
How did the modern conservative party go from clutching pearls at government telling a company only that they cannot dump raw industrial waste into a nearby river, to cheerleading one person in government dictating how, when and where a company can run its business at all, with zero oversight whatsoever?
You can’t tariff a specific company, that’s not how tariffs work.
This fucking idiot thinks an iPhone factory can just be whipped up instantly. Like it wouldn’t take a complete reshoring of manufacturing that they’ve been offshoreing for fifty years now. Like come on, who is this fucking stupid. It would take at least a decade to get to that point.
It’s not stupidity, it’s just greed. Although Trump is dumb as a bag of hammers.
So the choice is between iPhones that are 25% more expensive due to tariffs or 200% more expensive due to US labor costs? Sounds great!
The government telling companies how to run their business sounds like communism to me.
● Trump & Co buy Apple puts.
● Drive Apple shares down. <—- We are here
● Trump & Co buy Apple calls/shares.
● Announce that there won’t actually be an Apple tariff.
● Profit!
It’s so fucking obvious by now.
Like a new iPhone plant can pop up tomorrow. These people are dumb as fuck. Fuck you and your family if you voted for this moron.
Made in china – 25% more expensive iPhones.
Made in the US – 300% more expensive iPhones.
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