If any democrats did this Republicans would be clamoring for impeachment.
m0rl0ck1996 on
Even larger bribe incoming.
Sarcasmgasmizm on
Singling out a specific company is illegal
fobos78 on
Trump does not want iPhones to be made in US. He wants a bribe.
When he names a company it means “give me money”.
Alive_kiwi_7001 on
Someone has told him Apple has big margins so he’s basically just treating this as a company-specific tax, or tribute.
caiusto on
Everyone knows this is a retaliation for Apple not bending the knee to Trump’s anti-DEI push.
Amasan89 on
So Iphone will be 30% more expensive for US buyers easy.
ImmoKnight on
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…
JC2535 on
They would cost double if made in the US, and it would take 3 years to build the factory.
Spam_Hand on
This is how you create cartels and black markets you fucking idiot. STOP.
squeamishfun on
Tariffs are his only threat, got it.
tg19801980 on
aRt oF tHe dEaL!!!
whatevers_cleaver_ on
Well, an iPhone made in the USA will be a lot more expensive than one made in China or India with a 25% tariff, and it’ll take at least 5 years to get a factory set up, as if that’ll happen.
Good plan.
quotidianwoe on
He’ll end up just packaging them in Alabama and call it a win.
WallaWalla1513 on
Look who is the real communist.
mildlymangled on
Make stocks go lower by threatening tariffs, buy stocks. Make stocks go higher by lifting the threat of tariffs, sell stocks.
Hylarion-Lefuneste on
Trump logic: « I’ll give you 30 days to move your production to the US »
ther_dog on
American’s want to BUY iPhones not BUILD iPhones. Can’t have your cake and eat it too Mr. President.
krammiit on
Every day I wake up and think it can’t get more ridiculous yet it does.
jayphat99 on
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.
SinfullySinless on
I mean it would be hilarious if Trump’s ego accidentally broke the monopoly of Apple.
llahlahkje on
Aren’t conditions at these factories in China so deplorable they needed to install anti-suicide nets because their workers were offing themselves so frequently?
And that’s what the GOP wants for us…?
“MAGA!” -Cultists
PaulEMoz on
Straight up blackmail, out in the open.
Joabyjojo on
Tim Cook donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration btw. That’s how it goes with extortion. You pay once, you pay forever.
JMeers0170 on
So here’s this career criminal telling other companies how to run their businesses. Let’s not forget that they’ve probably already invested millions, or billions, but this moron gives zero fux because when he spews stupid ass ideas…he needs people to listen and do what he says or he punishes the shit out of them.
This friggin idiot really is just a giant god damned train wreck.
Mutex70 on
Interesting. So Trump now believes the government should control the means of production.
So exactly when did the GOP become communist?
ragdollxkitn on
The grift continues. Americans, he is using you.
thisisdell on
They literally cannot make them here. Trump is a fucking idiot.
warblingContinues on
this shit has got to stop.
PatSajaksDick on
The only iPhones that could possibly be made here would be the oldest models since TSMC only makes 3-4 gens behind in their US fab and the price would be so much no one would buy them.
joel8x on
Or Apple could spend some of their wealth propping up better politicians.
_skimbleshanks_ on
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?
Naaman on
Extortion with no concern for the citizens
rkvance5 on
I was sincerely unaware he could place tariffs on specific individual companies.
EdgeofForever95 on
You can’t tariff a specific company, that’s not how tariffs work.
fleshlessmetalpiston on
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.
DVRavenTsuki on
Anyone else get the feeling the price increase would be more than 25% if they were made in the US?
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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.
His idea of what a President of the US is meant to do in office is at the very least novel, when not grifting.
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?
He wants an ICE backdoor.
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.
Everyone knows this is a retaliation for Apple not bending the knee to Trump’s anti-DEI push.
So Iphone will be 30% more expensive for US buyers easy.
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…
They would cost double if made in the US, and it would take 3 years to build the factory.
This is how you create cartels and black markets you fucking idiot. STOP.
Tariffs are his only threat, got it.
aRt oF tHe dEaL!!!
Well, an iPhone made in the USA will be a lot more expensive than one made in China or India with a 25% tariff, and it’ll take at least 5 years to get a factory set up, as if that’ll happen.
Good plan.
He’ll end up just packaging them in Alabama and call it a win.
Look who is the real communist.
Make stocks go lower by threatening tariffs, buy stocks. Make stocks go higher by lifting the threat of tariffs, sell stocks.
Trump logic: « I’ll give you 30 days to move your production to the US »
American’s want to BUY iPhones not BUILD iPhones. Can’t have your cake and eat it too Mr. President.
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.
I mean it would be hilarious if Trump’s ego accidentally broke the monopoly of Apple.
Aren’t conditions at these factories in China so deplorable they needed to install anti-suicide nets because their workers were offing themselves so frequently?
And that’s what the GOP wants for us…?
“MAGA!” -Cultists
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.
So here’s this career criminal telling other companies how to run their businesses. Let’s not forget that they’ve probably already invested millions, or billions, but this moron gives zero fux because when he spews stupid ass ideas…he needs people to listen and do what he says or he punishes the shit out of them.
This friggin idiot really is just a giant god damned train wreck.
Interesting. So Trump now believes the government should control the means of production.
So exactly when did the GOP become communist?
The grift continues. Americans, he is using you.
They literally cannot make them here. Trump is a fucking idiot.
this shit has got to stop.
The only iPhones that could possibly be made here would be the oldest models since TSMC only makes 3-4 gens behind in their US fab and the price would be so much no one would buy them.
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?
Extortion with no concern for the citizens
I was sincerely unaware he could place tariffs on specific individual companies.
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.
Anyone else get the feeling the price increase would be more than 25% if they were made in the US?