Apple, Trump and Tim Cook
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Apple's next WWDC Keynote is official, with Apple CEO Tim Cook set to take the stage at Apple Park at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM UK on June 9, 2025. Invites to the event, which will cover all of Apple's major platforms and may include some surprises,
Tim Cook once knew how to handle Donald Trump. In 2019, the Apple CEO gifted the president a $6,000 Mac Pro after Trump lowered tariffs on parts Apple needed from China. It was a savvy gesture. Trump likes praise, and Cook gave some again more recently, lauding Trump’s “focus on domestic semiconductor manufacturing”.
President Donald Trump said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook he does not want the iPhone maker to expand manufacturing in India, asking Cook to increase production in the U.S. instead, following reports Apple was looking to shift production of U.S.-bound iPhones from China to India to avoid steep U.S. tariffs.