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by perardi 57 days ago
I don’t know if I would go so far as to say “monk-like”. He’s a college football die-hard. But he is a very chill dude.

I wish more tech execs were in Cook’s mold. Reserved. Controlled. Calm. No Twitter beefs, no overt politics, no blow-ups behind closed doors.
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JetSpiegel 57 days ago
> no overt politics

Excuse me? Giving a literal gold trophy to the God-Emperor Trump is not politics?

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mvkel 57 days ago
That's like saying going to Washington DC at all is "politics."

It'd be bad business stewardship if he didn't; bad for shareholders, ultimately.

It looks silly optically, but it's plain to see that Apple has trump nailed psychologically. And it worked! They knew what was needed to get an administration to support the company in meaningful ways.

May we do better on the next election.

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denkmoon 57 days ago
No, it's just a business tax. Do you see Cook getting on twitter and parroting the god emperor's topic of the day?
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moogly 56 days ago
I saw Cook going to the private screening of the Melania biopic on the same day Alex Pretti was killed.
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JetSpiegel 56 days ago
It's not a tax, Tim Apple gave him the gold personally, with cameras in tow, he did not submit the ACH data to the IRS.

It's bending the knee.

Why degrade himself, what can Trump do that their trillions cannot cushion?

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denkmoon 56 days ago
Same difference. "I spent millions/billions that could have been avoided because I did not want to appear to degrade myself" doesn't sell very well to stakeholders. The CEO should do what is in the best interests of the company, and in the US when Mr Trump is president, it is in the best interests of the company to bend the knee.
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rootusrootus 57 days ago
So you think he is a Trump supporter, then? I would have guessed precisely the opposite. My assumption is that the trophy was his way of looking out for the best interests of Apple. In that regard probably a fairly good ROI.
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JetSpiegel 56 days ago
> So you think he is a Trump supporter, then?

He literally gave him a gold trophy! How is that not support? It's beyond compliance in advance.

To a president hell-bent on overturning Obergefell v Hodges, even.

He gave him more gold than Maria Corina Machado.

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pprotas 56 days ago
A bribe
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