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Apple CEO Tim Cook Shares His Experience Of Working With President Donald Trump (bloomberg.com)
In a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about his experience of working with Donald Trump. He said: I feel a great responsibility as an American, as a CEO, to try to influence things in areas where we have a level of expertise. I've pushed hard on immigration. We clearly have a very different view on things in that area. I've pushed on climate. We have a different view there. There are clearly areas where we're not nearly on the same page. We're dramatically different. I hope there's some areas where we're not. His focus on jobs is good. So we'll see. Pulling out of the Paris climate accord was very disappointing. I felt a responsibility to do every single thing I could for it not to happen. I think it's the wrong decision. If I see another opening on the Paris thing, I'm going to bring it up again. At the end of the day, I'm not a person who's going to walk away and say, "If you don't do what I want, I leave." I'm not on a council, so I don't have those kind of decisions. But I care deeply about America. I want America to do well. America's more important than bloody politics from my point of view. Let me give you an example of this. Veterans Affairs has struggled in providing health care to veterans. We have an expertise in some of the things at the base level that they're struggling with. So we're going to work with them. I could give a crap about the politics of it. I want to help veterans. My dad's a veteran. My brother served. We have so many military folks in Apple. These folks deserve great health care. So we're going to keep helping.
Someone is going to get their liberal card revoked. Any sort of agreement or cooperation with Trump is not allowed, even in a rare instance where he might be correct about something, cause, you know, ... uhhh ... well ... we didn't get our way in '16 and we won't stand for that?
"America's more important than bloody politics from my point of view"
Ironic comment, coming from him. He is the one who has changed Apple from a company purely dedicated to great tech, to SJW issues, particularly LGBTQ rights. If he really thinks that stuff, he can start by not making transgender bathrooms one of his company's pet causes. One ought to remind him that Apple is a publicly held & traded company, not a startup of his in his garage/basement. Jobs or Woz might have had a right to treat it that way. HE doesn't!