Trump Says Tim Cook Called Him To Complain About the EU (theverge.com)
(Thursday October 17, 2024 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the shoulder-to-cry-on dept.)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/17/2323239/trump-says-tim-cook-called-him-to-complain-about-the-eu
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272648/donald-trump-tim-cook-complain-european-union-fines
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge:
> Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook [1]called him to discuss the billions of dollars that Apple has been fined in the European Union . Trump made the statement during [2]his appearance on the PBD Podcast -- and said that he won't let the EU "take advantage" of US companies like Apple if reelected. "Two hours ago, three hours ago, he [Cook] called me," Trump said. "He said the European Union has just [3]fined us $15 billion ... Then on top of that, they got fined by the European Union another $2 billion." In March, the EU fined Apple around $2 billion after finding that Apple used its dominance to restrict music streaming apps from telling customers about cheaper subscription deals outside the App Store. The EU later won its fight to make Apple pay $14.4 billion in unpaid taxes.
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> "He [Cook] said something that was interesting," Trump said. "He said they're using that to run their enterprise, meaning Europe is their enterprise. "I said, 'That's a lot... But Tim, I got to get elected first, but I'm not going to let them take advantage of our companies -- that won't, you know, be happening.'"
Trump has talked to several Big Tech executives over the past several months. "During an interview this week, Trump said he [4]spoke with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to complain about all the ' [5]bad stories ' the search engine shows about him," notes The Verge. "Elon Musk [6]recently spoke at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Trump over the summer ' [7]a few times ,' according to the former president."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272648/donald-trump-tim-cook-complain-european-union-fines
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dmwG54QsKc&t=2771s
[3] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1559251/apple-must-pay-14-billion-tax-bill-to-ireland-eu-court-rules
[4] https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/google-is-rigged-donald-trump-dials-sundar-pichai-says-youre-going-to-destroy-the-company-by-article-114281108
[5] https://deadline.com/2024/09/trump-google-prosecution-search-results-1236102171/
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asoq00GQ3BA
[7] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mark-zuckerberg-election-facebook-b2630237.html
> Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook [1]called him to discuss the billions of dollars that Apple has been fined in the European Union . Trump made the statement during [2]his appearance on the PBD Podcast -- and said that he won't let the EU "take advantage" of US companies like Apple if reelected. "Two hours ago, three hours ago, he [Cook] called me," Trump said. "He said the European Union has just [3]fined us $15 billion ... Then on top of that, they got fined by the European Union another $2 billion." In March, the EU fined Apple around $2 billion after finding that Apple used its dominance to restrict music streaming apps from telling customers about cheaper subscription deals outside the App Store. The EU later won its fight to make Apple pay $14.4 billion in unpaid taxes.
>
> "He [Cook] said something that was interesting," Trump said. "He said they're using that to run their enterprise, meaning Europe is their enterprise. "I said, 'That's a lot... But Tim, I got to get elected first, but I'm not going to let them take advantage of our companies -- that won't, you know, be happening.'"
Trump has talked to several Big Tech executives over the past several months. "During an interview this week, Trump said he [4]spoke with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to complain about all the ' [5]bad stories ' the search engine shows about him," notes The Verge. "Elon Musk [6]recently spoke at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Trump over the summer ' [7]a few times ,' according to the former president."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272648/donald-trump-tim-cook-complain-european-union-fines
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dmwG54QsKc&t=2771s
[3] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1559251/apple-must-pay-14-billion-tax-bill-to-ireland-eu-court-rules
[4] https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/google-is-rigged-donald-trump-dials-sundar-pichai-says-youre-going-to-destroy-the-company-by-article-114281108
[5] https://deadline.com/2024/09/trump-google-prosecution-search-results-1236102171/
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asoq00GQ3BA
[7] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mark-zuckerberg-election-facebook-b2630237.html
Trump says (Score:4, Insightful)
by Retired Chemist ( 5039029 )
Who believes anything he says anymore. Anyway, even if he was president, what could he do about the EU. In case he has not noticed, they are not part of the US and basically do not give a damn about what the US thinks.
Well, let's wait for Cook to confirm (Score:3)
by ClickOnThis ( 137803 )
Because ... you know ... let's just wait.
That said, this doesn't strike me as that odd. If Apple did something that ran afoul of anti-competition laws in the EU, I would expect them to be fined.
I imagine these guys talk to both candidates (Score:2)
by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )
They're gonna try and position themselves as best they can, from the start, with both Trump and Harris.
Who's Tim Cook? (Score:1)
Did he mean Tim Apple?
Re: (Score:2)
[1]Oh come on, moderators. [cnbc.com] This should be +1 Funny.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/06/president-trump-calls-apple-ceo-tim-apple-instead-of-tim-cook.html