The deputy executive of Apple is the most recent technology professional to meet with the newly elected president-elect in Florida. It was the first time Apple’s chief executive had a meeting with Donald J. Trump on Friday, when he was re-elected as president-elect after he was sworn in a minute term next month. Mr. Cook and Mr. Trump after dined on the terrace at Mar-a-Lago, according to two people with expertise of the appointment. The two gentlemen had a nice marriage during Mr. Trump’s first name — much warmer than Mr. Trump’s with other software professionals, like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg or Google’s Sundar Pichai, both of whom recently had their own lunches with Mr. Trump. An Apple spokesman declined to comment. A Mr. Trump official did not respond to a request for comment right away. The meeting gives Mr. Cook a chance to ask for Mr. Trump’s support on a number of issues that may cause problems for Apple’s business in the upcoming years, including the possible threat from European regulators to the App Store and the possibility that new tariffs had put the company’s iPhone business in jeopardy. In the past, Mr. Trump has been open to those pertains. Mr. Cook called him last month about Western regulators fined Apple$ 2 billion for using the App Store to prevent opposition, according to Mr. Trump in a radio interview in October. ” I’m not going to let them take advantage of our businesses”, Mr. Trump recalled telling Mr. Cook. ” That won’t be happening” .We are having trouble retrieving the article content. In your browser’s settings, choose enable JavaScript. Thank you for your patience while accessibility is verified. If you are in Audience mode please leave and log into your Times accounts, or listen for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while exposure is verified. Presently a customer? Register in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Tim Cook to Dine With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
