{"id":256014,"date":"2026-04-21T17:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=256014"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:06:21","slug":"trump-says-apple-ceo-called-him-to-kiss-my-ass-comments-on-outgoing-apple-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/256014\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Apple CEO called him to \u2018kiss my ass,\u2019 comments on outgoing Apple chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Donald Trump has written<\/a> on Truth Social about the outgoing chief executive of Apple․<\/p>\n

“I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim.<\/p>\n

For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix. Most people would have paid millions of dollars to a consultant, who I probably would not have known, but who would say that he knew me well. The fees would be paid but the job would not have gotten done. When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to ‘kiss my ass.’<\/p>\n

Anyway, he explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively. That was the beginning of a long and very nice relationship,” Trump wrote.<\/p>\n

He further stated that during his five years in office, Cook occasionally reached out for assistance, though not excessively.<\/p>\n

“He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!),” Trump stated.<\/p>\n

He praised Cook’s career, calling it amazing and “almost incomparable,” adding that he would continue to do great work for Apple, as well as in any other field he decided to work in.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"