https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-crypto-golf-club-dinner-...
As far as we know there’s nobody with an education in this administration who is making any sensible argument why these random choices make sense / will produce.
Everyone in the administration who takes questions are political appointees / politicians and they to a person eventually ignore any specific questions and then tell you how great Trump is. The press conferences are creepy at times.
The little info that leaks out from insiders indicates Trump doesn’t take advice from even his own staff often and they are blindsided by tweets frequently.
And the only logical choice for consumers/voters is to decide if they want to support this "tax" and by extension, it's proponent.
The simple fact is that we now live in an interconnected world. It is simply not possible or practical to natively produce everything that goes into an iPhone. Not now, not within the decades to come and probably not ever.
And decrees from the fuhrer and pining for yesteryear won't change this.
Tim already paid his bribe, https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-don... and others who have cut deals with him have found those deals to be less than solid. Law firms that settled with Trump have reported that they've received demands well outside their agreements.
The choice for Apple (and everyone) is how to respond effectively and appropriately.
As it stands, the world economy is being subjected to the whims of one person. And this person has a checkered history with marketplace economics.
A future President could have the entire admin thrown out of a plane on the way to El Salvador as an official act of national security.
I can dream.
US is a huge country with tremendous human capital and natural resources. I don’t see issues with US producing much more goods than it is producing now. It might be not practical, or not practical yet, but it’s for sure possible.
impish9208•7h ago