former president donald trump Apple CEO claims tim cook I called him recently to complain about the European Union fine against his company.
during a podcast interview patrick bet david The Republican candidate told the host that he has a good relationship with Apple’s longtime leader, adding that Cook called him just before the interview.
President Trump also claimed: steve jobs Had Cook continued to run Apple instead, the company would not have been as successful.
“I believe that even if Tim Cook didn’t run Apple, even if Steve Jobs ran it, Apple wouldn’t be successful. It probably would be successful, but I don’t think it would be as successful. There would have been no,” Trump told Bette David. “I think Tim Cook has done a great job. And I’m not knocking Steve Jobs.”
The former president also said that Cook complained about the $2 billion fine during a recent phone call.
Back in March, the EU fined Apple $2 billion for its control of the music streaming industry through its App Store. Additionally, the EU won a legal battle to force Apple to pay about $15 billion in unpaid taxes.
But two hours ago, three hours ago, he called me and said, “I want to talk to you”… He said that the European Union had just imposed a $15 billion fine on us. Said. I said it’s a lot. I understand how you feel because I was also fined for a false accusation. But we still don’t know if his case is fake or not, which is a lot. Additionally, it was fined by the European Union. 2 billion more. That means a fine of $17 billion to $18 billion. I also mentioned Apple, can you afford it? I mean, is it? That’s a lot of money. And he said something interesting. They use it to run their business, so Europe is their business, he said. And I said this a lot. I said, Tim, I have to be elected first, but I’m not going to let them take advantage of our company, that’s not going to happen.
Watch the clip above on the Patrick Bet-David Podcast.
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