President Throws Tariff Tantrum at Apple - MOSK: 05.27.2025

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Mac, Computers, Technology, Ipad, Tablets, Phones, Iphone, X, Apple, News, Smart, Os, Smartphones

4.8 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

- Trump Threatens Apple with 25% Tariff on iPhone in US - Ming-Chi Kuo: 25% Tariff Way Cheaper Than Making iPhone in US - CA A.G. Threatens to Sue Over iPhone Tariff Threat - NYT: US iPhone Tariff Threat Payback for Cook Skipping Middle East Trip with Trump - Trump Widens Tariff Threat to All Smartphones Imported to US - Apple Temporarily Increases Max Trade-In Values for iPhone - EU Gets Curve Pay as iPhone Alternative - Apple CEO Marks Memorial Day with Dignified Message - Worries Over the Take It Down Act and 23andMe gets a buyer on Checklist 424 - find it at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Trump targets Apple with a tariff, trade-in values for iPhone go up,
0:14.0	and a dignified Memorial Day message from Tim Cook.
0:18.2	It is Tuesday, the 27th of May 2025. I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.7	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you. Patrons through Patreon.
0:36.1	Find out more than your support at patreon.com slash macOS Ken.
0:45.3	All I can say about the president's latest Ranny Gazoo is at least it happened over the weekend.
0:51.9	Well, for me it did anyway.
0:56.9	NGadgett ran a piece Friday, saying President Trump had escalated pressure on Apple, ostensibly to get the Cooper Tino company to make
1:03.2	iPhones for the USA in the USA. If not, President Tariff said he would apply Trump's.
1:12.8	I'm sorry, the other way around.
1:14.5	Posting on his own personal hell site, the president of the United States,
1:21.8	said I have long informed Tim Koke of Apple that I expect their iPhones that will be sold in the United States of America
1:27.8	will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India or any place else. If that is not the
1:35.4	case, a tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S., thank you for your attention
1:42.4	to this matter.
1:49.6	If you're not following me on Mastodon, I don't blame you. Though you did miss me posting on Friday, I hereby pledge that if Tim Cook gives me a million dollars for my first day of work party,
1:57.1	I will also mercilessly threaten his business. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
2:04.2	Here's the thing.
2:05.8	A CNBC piece from mid-A April had B of A analyst Womsey Mohan
2:10.6	saying that labor alone for iPhones made in the USA would drive up costs by 25%.
2:17.4	The same piece had Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ken Ray, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ken Ray and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.