{"id":2438363,"date":"2025-05-23T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cracks-down-on-apple-with-threat-of-significant-punishment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:32:05","slug":"trump-cracks-down-on-apple-with-threat-of-significant-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cracks-down-on-apple-with-threat-of-significant-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cracks Down on Apple with Threat of Significant Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-cracks-down-on-apple-with-threat-of-significant-punishment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On friday, President Donald Trump announced potential tariffs on imports from the European Union, threatening a 50% tax on all imports beginning June 1, 2025, and a 25% tariff on Apple products unless they manufacture iPhones in the United States. Trump expressed frustration over stalled trade negotiations with the EU and emphasized that a tariff would not apply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-caught-lying-about-buy-american-plagiarizing-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a>-trump\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Biden caught lying about \u2018Buy American\u2019, plagiarizing &#8230; &#8230;&#8221;>products made<\/a> in the U.S. His threats were issued on social media and came after reports of Apple&#8217;s plans to shift iPhone manufacturing to India, a move that has disappointed Trump. He had previously communicated his expectations to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding where iPhones sold in the U.S.should be manufactured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-hit-a-staggering-4-60-average-nationwide-in-new-record\/\" title=\"Gas Prices Hit A Staggering .60 Average Nationwide In New Record\">50 percent tax<\/a> on all imports from the European Union, as well as a 25 percent tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-poll-americans-give-trump-huge-marks-upholding-constitution-biden-never-got-numbers-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> took to social media to deliver the warnings in a pair of  posts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114556968834547173\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114556874484491575\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump was upset by the lack of progress in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-make-china-pay\/\" title=\"How to Make China Pay\">trade talks<\/a> with the EU, which has insisted on cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-director-tries-mock-trump-film-festival-accidentally-reveals-totally-clueless-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a> to zero even as the president has publicly insisted on preserving a baseline 10 percent tax on most imports.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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There is no Tariff if the product is built or manufactured in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That post had been preceded by a threat of import taxes against Apple.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone&rsquo;s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stock-markets-erupt-massive-us-china-trade-deal-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs on China<\/a>, Apple and CEO Tim Cook were looking to shift iPhone manufacturing to India as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >company adjusts supply chains<\/a>. 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