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> no overt politics Excuse me? Giving a literal gold trophy to the God-Emperor Trump is not politics?

by JetSpiegel 6mo ago

denkmoon 6mo ago
No, it's just a business tax. Do you see Cook getting on twitter and parroting the god emperor's topic of the day?
- moogly 6mo ago
  I saw Cook going to the private screening of the Melania biopic on the same day Alex Pretti was killed.
- JetSpiegel 6mo ago
  It's not a tax, Tim Apple gave him the gold personally, with cameras in tow, he did not submit the ACH data to the IRS. It's bending the knee. Why degrade himself, what can Trump do that their trillions cannot cushion?
  - denkmoon 6mo ago
    Same difference. "I spent millions/billions that could have been avoided because I did not want to appear to degrade myself" doesn't sell very well to stakeholders. The CEO should do what is in the best interests of the company, and in the US when Mr Trump is president, it is in the best interests of the company to bend the knee.
mvkel 6mo ago
That's like saying going to Washington DC at all is "politics." It'd be bad business stewardship if he didn't; bad for shareholders, ultimately. It looks silly optically, but it's plain to see that Apple has trump nailed psychologically. And it worked! They knew what was needed to get an administration to support the company in meaningful ways. May we do better on the next election.
rootusrootus 6mo ago
So you think he is a Trump supporter, then? I would have guessed precisely the opposite. My assumption is that the trophy was his way of looking out for the best interests of Apple. In that regard probably a fairly good ROI.
- pprotas 6mo ago
  A bribe
- JetSpiegel 6mo ago
  > So you think he is a Trump supporter, then? He literally gave him a gold trophy! How is that not support? It's beyond compliance in advance. To a president hell-bent on overturning Obergefell v Hodges, even. He gave him more gold than Maria Corina Machado.

> no overt politics Excuse me? Giving a literal gold trophy to the God-Emperor Trump is not politics?

denkmoon 6mo ago

No, it's just a business tax. Do you see Cook getting on twitter and parroting the god emperor's topic of the day?

moogly 6mo ago
I saw Cook going to the private screening of the Melania biopic on the same day Alex Pretti was killed.
JetSpiegel 6mo ago
It's not a tax, Tim Apple gave him the gold personally, with cameras in tow, he did not submit the ACH data to the IRS. It's bending the knee. Why degrade himself, what can Trump do that their trillions cannot cushion?
- denkmoon 6mo ago
  Same difference. "I spent millions/billions that could have been avoided because I did not want to appear to degrade myself" doesn't sell very well to stakeholders. The CEO should do what is in the best interests of the company, and in the US when Mr Trump is president, it is in the best interests of the company to bend the knee.

mvkel 6mo ago

That's like saying going to Washington DC at all is "politics." It'd be bad business stewardship if he didn't; bad for shareholders, ultimately. It looks silly optically, but it's plain to see that Apple has trump nailed psychologically. And it worked! They knew what was needed to get an administration to support the company in meaningful ways. May we do better on the next election.

rootusrootus 6mo ago

So you think he is a Trump supporter, then? I would have guessed precisely the opposite. My assumption is that the trophy was his way of looking out for the best interests of Apple. In that regard probably a fairly good ROI.

pprotas 6mo ago
A bribe
JetSpiegel 6mo ago
> So you think he is a Trump supporter, then? He literally gave him a gold trophy! How is that not support? It's beyond compliance in advance. To a president hell-bent on overturning Obergefell v Hodges, even. He gave him more gold than Maria Corina Machado.