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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Re: Did Cook forget Trump is Republican?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you forget Trump was a major Democrat donor for 35 years?

Did you forget that time Obama said homosexuality was wrong, and that marriage was between a man and a woman?

Did you forget that time Hillary said homosexuality was wrong, and that marriage was between a man and a woman?

Do you remember that time when they all pivoted when it became convenient for polling?

I remember. Quit being a tribalistic cult member, you fucking imbecile.

Trump does not have authority to address legal s

[Attila Dimedici]

Trump does not have the authority to address the legal status of "Dreamers". Only Congress can do that....something which Trump has asked them to do.