Current Events > Apple CEO Tim Cook bribes Trump with a glass/24-karat gold statue

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CRON
08/06/25 6:02:57 PM
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Soooo fucking pathetic

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning

At a White House press conference to discuss Apples new US manufacturing plans, CEO Tim Cook presented a gift to President Donald Trump: a unique piece of glass from iPhone glass manufacturer Corning thats set in a 24-karat gold base.

The piece of glass is a large disc with the Apple logo cut into it. On the top of the glass, President Trumps name is printed. On the bottom, theres a signature that appears to be Cooks as well as the message Made in USA and the year 2025. The glass was designed by a former US Marine Corps corporal who works at Apple, according to Cook. The base comes from Utah.

Cook is well-known for his ability to foster a relationship with President Trump, and shortly after Trump was elected for his second term, CEOs reportedly looked to replicate Cooks relationship-building skills. Trump has threatened Apple and other phone manufacturers with tariffs unless they bring manufacturing to the US.


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KnightofShikari
08/06/25 6:09:06 PM
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who? i only know a Tim Apple there

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AceMos
08/06/25 6:10:50 PM
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i hate how open they are with the corruption

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Umbreon
08/06/25 6:18:43 PM
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Must be hard to blow someone so small.

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Solar_Crimson
08/06/25 6:20:51 PM
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It's pathetic, especially since these companies were not anywhere near as suck-ups to Biden or Trump #1.

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metralo
08/06/25 6:21:26 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
It's pathetic, especially since these companies were not anywhere near as suck-ups to Biden or Trump #1.

Even corporations see the writing on the wall that he's not going to leave, ever.

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ai123
08/06/25 6:23:27 PM
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Aren't there rules about receiving gifts over a certain value?

Presidents receive valuable presents all the time from foreign countries and businesses. But they become property of the state, I think?

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AceMos
08/06/25 6:24:31 PM
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ai123 posted...
Aren't there rules about receiving gifts over a certain value?

Presidents receive valuable presents all the time from foreign countries and businesses. But they become property of the state, I think?

did you forget rules dont matter anymore

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mybbqrules
08/06/25 6:25:01 PM
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So weird how the party of purported masculinity just shamelessly lines up to tongue the orange taint, each time, every time.

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BucketCat
08/06/25 6:27:16 PM
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ai123 posted...
Presidents receive valuable presents all the time from foreign countries and businesses. But they become property of the state, I think?
not anymore, they don't. iirc the plane that Trump got from Qatar is his after he leaves office too.

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creativerealms
08/06/25 6:30:37 PM
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Trump is creating a new gilded age after all

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kingdrake2
08/06/25 6:32:34 PM
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AceMos posted...
rules dont matter anymore


that's right. only for ronald.

everyone else has to follow the rules.

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Orange_Ninja
08/06/25 6:33:50 PM
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ai123 posted...
Aren't there rules about receiving gifts over a certain value?

Presidents receive valuable presents all the time from foreign countries and businesses. But they become property of the state, I think?
Jjonahjamesonlaughing.jpg

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emblem-man
08/06/25 6:34:33 PM
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Imagine being a billionaire and still feeling the need to kiss ass.


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xlr_big-coop
08/06/25 7:03:42 PM
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I'm disappointed, that's more like an award or something. I was expecting him to make an actual statue of trump, that'd have been hilarious

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Bass
08/06/25 7:36:41 PM
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Bribing people isn't a real "relationship building skill."

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Enclave
08/06/25 7:38:26 PM
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ai123 posted...
Aren't there rules about receiving gifts over a certain value?

That already flew out the window in Trumps first term.

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nocturnal_traveler
08/06/25 7:39:45 PM
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I'm surprised it wasn't a gold bust of Trump.

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monkmith
08/06/25 7:42:50 PM
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if this was a democrat you'd see republicans shitting themselves in rage at the bribe.

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EPR-radar
08/06/25 8:13:50 PM
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
I'm surprised it wasn't a gold bust of Trump.
I'm sure very senior people at Apple thought long and hard about coming up with something that would:

1) flatter Trump and

2) not piss off their customer base (the Trump bust would fail miserably on this point).

What an excellent use of the time and talent of these people.

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HylianFox
08/08/25 11:01:22 PM
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Just another reason for me to continue not buying Apple products

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sfcalimari
08/08/25 11:53:44 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cde60499.jpg

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PballDepot
08/08/25 11:55:50 PM
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It's scary how cheaply he can be bought.

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noisetank
08/08/25 11:56:40 PM
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classic Tim Apple

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littlebro07
08/09/25 12:14:37 AM
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sigh

when this 12 Pro stops receiving updates Ill probably switch back to Samsung. I miss my Galaxy anyway. But the iPhones paid off and still works good as new four years later. I planned on getting whatever the newest one was when this one dies and then keeping that one for several years too, but fuck it. Apple sucks now anyway.

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hivebent4life
08/09/25 12:19:18 AM
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Every single company and individual that has appeased fascism needs to be held accountable for enabling fascism, if this ever ends. Anyone who chose to bend the knee is partially responsible for ushering us into fascism.

If this does end, many of these companies will try to walk their way back. But we should never let them forget what they did.

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