Tim Cook (left) with Donald Trump for the previous meeting: CNBC
15 facesbook Additional tariff added to all iPhone, The imported in the United States may not be about the return of production in the United States, but, in particular, to transform Tim cooks for Trump's request.
on May 23, 2025 Trump announced that Apple will have to pay a 25% tariff for each iPhone imported in the United States. At that time, Appleinsider noted that it was unusual for Trump to admit that American business would have to pay a fee, rather than inaccurately say that foreign countries would be.
Now, according to The New York Times, apparently, there was a reason for the release of Apple. From May 13 to May 16, Trump visited the Middle East and took representatives of many American companies with him.
Apple was not present.
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> Two unnamed sources say that Tim Cook refused to invite Trump to join the trip, and this, as they say, is reset to the president. That is probably that Trump has repeatedly mentioned the absence of Cook during the trip
“I mean, Tim Cook is not here, but you-” Trump commented on the general director of NVIDIA Juanhu.
, which was at the Trump event, which was also present by Sam Altman from Openai. The leaders of AMD, BlackRock and Citigroup were also present.
It was during the trip when he was in Qatar, Trump said that he “had a small problem with Tim Cook.” Then, after the trip, Trump announced a 25% tariff for the iPhone, saying that it was because Apple did not make devices in the United States.
Trump's announcement about the new tariff on his social platform of truth, it was reported, surprised his own administration in the same way as Apple. Of course, there were no details, but subsequently Trump announced that the tariff would begin in June.
with the launch of the iPhone 17 in September, Apple will not be able to repeat its previously successful steps to surpass the tariff periods. On the eve of the “mutual” tariffs declared in April, Apple accelerated the production of the iPhone and threw additional devices in the United States in the United States.
Apple managed to get exemption from “mutual” tariffs, although Trump later reviewed that this was a temporary measure. There is also a false investigation of national security in semiconductors, whose conclusion was biased by the White House and will mean further tariffs.
It is not clear whether the new 25 percent tariff will be completely at the top of any other tariffs or repeated establishments. Apple previously stated that she expected to pay tariffs in the amount of $ 900 million in her current June quarter, but it is assumed that further tariffs would not.
Witting relations of Apple with trump
Apple commented on not a single Report-report on tariffs or New York.
Whether the tariff was presented exclusively as a punishment for Tim Cook, this is part of the significant changes in Trump's relations with Apple. Cook was highly appreciated and criticized for how he worked in order to maintain these relations and get exceptions from the apple, including sacrifice 1 million of his own money for Trump's inauguration.
recently, however, Cook also refused to personally visit the White House technology summit, although it appeared on the video of the satellite.
