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Apple CEO Says He Has Urged Trump To Address Legal Status of Immigrants; Also Told Him That Tariffs Are Wrong Approach To China (bloomberg.com)

Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Bloomberg Television that he has criticized Donald Trump's approach to trade with China in a recent White House meeting, while also urging the president to address the legal status of immigrants known as Dreamers. From the interview: Cook said his message to Trump focused on the importance of trade and how cooperation between two countries can boost the economy more than nations acting alone. Cook met with Trump in the Oval Office in late April amid a brewing trade war between the U.S. and China. The Trump administration instituted 25 percent tariffs on at least $50 billion worth of products from China, sparking retaliation. In the interview on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations," Cook acknowledged that previous trade policies were flawed but said Trump's move is also problematic. "It's true, undoubtedly true, that not everyone has been advantaged from that -- in either country -- and we've got to work on that," Cook said. "But I felt that tariffs were not the right approach there, and I showed him some more analytical kinds of things to demonstrate why."

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  1. Re:Who gives a crap? by stealth_finger · · Score: 1, Funny

    Trumps friend is whoever telling him he's awesome and handing him cash. Just look at what he does to his 'friends' when they stop being useful to him.

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  2. Re:Results by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Removal of healthcare

    Only for people who can't afford it.

    tax breaks for the better off

    It's going to cost DJT a fortune. He said so.

    banging porn starts and paying them off

    You're supposed to pay porn stars after banging them.

    making it so anything negative is fake news

    With so much negative DJT coverage, what other explanation is there but it being fake?

    the wall

    Mexico's paying for it; I don't see what the problem is.

    MAGA!

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  3. Re:Good by HornWumpus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not concerned about the last _100_years_ of proven Russian interference in our political process.

    Because Russia is, economically, about as big as New York City.

    I might be concerned if we had a president who took his wife to Lenin's tomb for their honeymoon. But that was Sanders, so no worries.

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    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'