Apple renamed the Gulf of Mexico's US Gulf on its map on Tuesday, but White House sources remain cynical about leader Tim Cook's willingness to work with the Trump administration.
Apple's obvious stonewalling has been a flashpoint for frustration among conservatives.
“Google and Facebook are smart enough to at least pretend they're changing their attitude towards Trump, but Apple doesn't even hide the fact that they're still emptied him,” White House said. Mike Davis, a member of the advisory office of the company, told Nynext. .
“On every opportunity, Apple hasn't played well with this administration… I'm sure. [CEO] Tim Cook called, but it has to be a bigger corporate approach to embracing American values that conservatives and Republicans have embraced,” says Nathan Reamer, who runs a technology policy consulting firm. told Nynext.
Cook attended Trump's oath, donated $1 million to the inauguration committee and made multiple calls with the president, but sources are not meaningfully aligned with Apple's policies with the administration's priorities. He claims that.
Sources close to the White House claimed that Cook is only paying Trump for lip service, but the president sees through it.
“Even if other companies like Meta and Walmart stop, Apple keeps pushing Dei. Tim Cook can't be trusted, and Trump knows that,” sources say He insisted.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment from the post.
Last month, Apple's board urged shareholders to reject proposals to roll back some of the company's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Meanwhile, as other companies like Oracle and Openai have pledged to invest billions in employment within the US economy, Apple's supply chain is almost entirely in Asia. We manufacture iPhones in China, India and Vietnam.
Analyst estimates that Apple has 51 suppliers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. That's what the company was like The biggest seller of smartphones In China, it was overtaken by local rivals Huawei and Vivo until 2024.
The post previously reports on Cook's apparent efforts to appease China's communist leadership to maintain access to his company's 1.3 billion consumers.
“If Apple were asked by Xi Jinping, they would be happy to call it China Gulf,” Davis said.
Other companies that previously changed their business models to appease Chinese authorities include Disney, Microsoft and General Motors.
