Long term though, I wonder how many companies would just close down, and worse yet, whether America would continue to maintain its soft power. The so-called trade deficits were instruments, if used carefully, could have brought about reform, and yet the its current leader continues to squander it away, pushing countries further towards an Asian power that has typically not been well known for democratic values (although, again, given the recent actions in America, who’d have thought it’s possible in America either!)

"Bernie Sanders is barely a good start" types like myself were trained not to tell these guys off at work and the like as in the past.

Imo there's a value to shit talking and taking the piss out of people. A necessary reminder if there is indeed a center to the universe to measure for truth relative to, it isn't them.

You can bet that they’ve got experts advising on this and have probably war-gamed different scenarios. Given how hugely exposed Apple is to the geopolitics that Trump cares about, and as Trump could cost them huge amounts on a whim, he’s probably right to be inoffensive and obsequious.