Former President Trump is expecting to win in November. He’s already lining it up.
That’s why Donald Trump shared details about this crazy phone call he got that blindsided him.
In the current race to be the next President of the United States, you’d definitely want to be Donald Trump as he’s the one with the advantage with about two weeks to go until Election Day. All the momentum has swung his way and at just the right time when this just about wraps up.
The race is still close and could go either way, but some are starting to prepare for Donald Trump to be President #47 with another term in office, writing off Kamala Harris given how poorly she’s been performing in the polls and the reports of panic setting in throughout her campaign.
All you have to do is see what the most powerful and rich individuals in the world are doing to see how Donald Trump is performing in this race. The extremely influential American businessmen at the top of the Fortune 500 food chain are already treating Donald Trump like he’s the next President because they believe he will be behind the Oval Office desk come January time.
Trump Discusses EU Fine with Apple CEO Tim Cook
In a recent appearance on the PBD (Patrick Bet David) podcast, former President Donald Trump revealed that he had a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a significant fine imposed by the European Union’s top court. This fine, totaling approximately $14.35 billion, stems from a ruling by the European Court of Justice (EJC) in September, which determined that Apple had allegedly received illegal tax benefits from Ireland.
During the podcast, Trump recounted the details of Cook’s call. “And Tim Cook called me up directly, and he did it himself, didn’t have to pay $0.10 cents, and I gave him 100% of what he wanted because he was right,” Trump said. He elaborated on the challenges facing Apple in comparison to its competitor, Samsung, emphasizing the tax discrepancies between the two companies. Trump urged Cook to consider relocating more of Apple’s operations to the United States.
Cook’s call was prompted by the hefty fines that Apple now faces. Trump shared Cook’s statement: “He said, ‘The European Union has just fined us $15 billion.’ I said, ‘That’s a lot.’ I know the feeling because I get fined too in fake cases, but I don’t know if his case is fake yet, but it’s a lot. Then, on top of that, they got fined by the European Union another $2 billion. So it’s a $17 to $18 billion fine.”
Trump also expressed his concerns about the EU’s financial motives, suggesting that the fines might be used to support EU operations. “I said, ‘But Tim, I got to get elected first,’” Trump stated. “But I’m not gonna let them take advantage of our companies, that won’t be happening.”
The EJC’s ruling upheld a previous 2016 decision by the European Commission, which found that Apple had received unlawful state aid from Ireland amounting to about €13 billion. The Commission claimed that Apple benefitted from two Irish tax rulings over more than two decades, reducing its tax rate to as low as 0.005% in 2014. Following Apple’s challenge of the decision, a lower-level EU court confirmed the ruling in 2020, reiterating that the tech giant had enjoyed an unfair competitive advantage.
It’s clear that plenty of important businessmen are already preparing for Donald Trump to be the one to head up the executive branch and lead the nation starting next year. That’s why Tim Cook is even chatting with Donald Trump in the first place.
Tim Cook isn’t just calling up Donald Trump as a friend. He’s not just calling a friend or calling Trump for advice. He honestly probably has Trump Derangement Syndrome and despises Trump. But he can see the writing on the wall and read it right now.
It looks like Trump will be President once more, so why not just go ahead and start making connections with the President, especially if it’s something significant that Trump could help with like a burdensome and unnecessary fine for a major American company.
It’s not been reported that Tim Cook has also reached out to either Kamala Harris or Joe Biden with a similar discussion about the fines on Apple.
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