Imagine prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. Sheesh.
I’m not buying any more iPhones. I got used to them and just continued buying them. But no more.
Giving him a literal gold bar (though disguised as a stand) is stereotypical buying El Presidente in a Banana Republic bullshit.
I had to look it up: 24 karat is the purest form of gold. So yeah it’s a gold bar 100% lmfao
Sounds like the US’ chickens coming home to roost. After creating those conditions with their CIA elsewhere for decades.
Seems like someone is worried about tariffs on iPhones. Sadly, this will probably work too.
Now that’s pathetic. Whatever happened to apple? What was even the latest cool thing they did? Seems almost irrelevant now
In other countries this would be an criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ , it’s 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it’s 1-10 years of prison.
The same loophole exists almost anywhere: “its a gift to white house or trumps library”
Emperor Cheesar accepting gold tribute from his feudal vassal
Bribery is now not just legal, but mandatory
A set of shiny keys dangled in his face so he forgets about demanding a US-made Iphone.
Gift? You mean bribe.
Yes this is a bribe. Period.
OK let me play devil’s advocate for a moment: it’s the only language he speaks. You must stroke his ego, and give him an opportunity to look down on you.
Of course it’s still corporate cronyism.
Yeah the real story here should be hey everyone, look how transparently easy it is to manipulate the President of the United States
Cost of doing business in a country ruled by a dictator who LOVES shiny shit
I guess Trump didn’t like the rimjob from Tim the first time.
Imagine if the CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the world didnt bend over and spread cheeks for a cock so small Donald has to… employ the services of paedos like Jeffery Epstein…?
Donald is suspected of being a paedophile. Yet people still bend the knee like this. I tell you, when it finally comes out, I hope everyone remembers who was happy to continue kissing his ass. Fuck you, Tim.
So now that apple bent the knee can people finally stop buying apple shit?
Google hasn’t “bent the knee”? 😏
How about we make all tech ceos work in the cobalt mines instead of children
Let’s go. Start from the richest one down.
All the people that surely criticized Musk at the time, would surely not criticize cook this time, because Apple fans… They have it in their hands
I guess I’m the only one who sees this as “here little Donald, now play with this and let me do my job”.
I think it’s that and also more and all of it is wrong and disgusting.
What if he’s on the list and doesn’t want his name coming out.
That’s exactly it.
Promise things that you’re doing anyway, use big numbers - hundreds of billions
Give him some shiny crap, he loves it
Praise him
Then he’ll let you go on as usual
Yeah that is not how dictatorship works. He is vending a knee
Just suck him off already, you fucks. Come on commit!
