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Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 310 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Gay man gives gift to anti-lgbtq president.

Just proves that you can be gay and still be an absolute parasite billionaire. Fuck your pride apple watch bands.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 170 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

vance who is also mostly closeted too. peter thiel defenestrated his model bf.

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well fuck, Clarence is basically a black white supremacist.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 131 points 2 days ago (16 children)

we're gonna need more luigis.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 117 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Tim Cook, and Apple, is supporting a pedophile. Remember that when you walk into an Apple Store, if you can afford to.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (14 children)

“Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Google donated $1 million to the inauguration fund”

So is Google and every major company

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 103 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 97 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes this is a bribe. Period.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago

I don't get why people are NOW saying he's trying to appease trump. He's been doing it for years. He was front row at his inauguration right next to other billionaires.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Giving him a literal gold bar (though disguised as a stand) is stereotypical buying El Presidente in a Banana Republic bullshit.

[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I had to look it up: 24 karat is the purest form of gold. So yeah it's a gold bar 100% lmfao

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don't want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here's Tim.

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Honestly I am pretty sure this is a bribe to exempt Apple from tariffs. Billionaires care more about their profit than children being harm. It’s the sad truth.

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[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do stocks go up from such a cringe-move?

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 23 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Apple stock did, and unfortunately it even makes sense why. Considering how self-centered Trump is, and how easily swayed he can be by a literal shiny rock being given to him, this was probably a legitimately good trade for Apple.

They spend some money on a gold brick with some laser-cut glass, and the president of the entire country either gives them preferential treatment, or simply doesn't take any more extreme actions he was planning to take against them.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And I can't even accept a gift voucher due to anti-bribery rules? Fuck off.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Bribery is now not just legal, but mandatory

This is why when the whole media world rushed to protect him when he came out of the closet as gay was total and utter bullshit. He wasn't brave and he doesn't give one hot damn about the gay community clearly.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Oh hey, another reason Apple fucking sucks. Look at that.

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[–] thoon@feddit.nl 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I fucking hate corporatism

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[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

In other countries this would be a criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ , it's 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it's 1-10 years of prison.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh, this is 100% a criminal offense for any government employee that isn't Donald Trump (or someone that he has decided to shield).

Low level government workers can't even accept someone paying for their lunch.

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Bribe. The word you're looking for

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[–] july@leminal.space 38 points 2 days ago

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-is-back-on-trumps-good-side-the-cost-600-billion-113413035.html

“The move comes after Trump threatened to place a 25% tariff on Apple’s iPhones made overseas and in the face of a potential 100% tariff on semiconductors.”

Pussies

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Time to boycott Apple just like everybody decided to boycott Target and Amazon for bending over.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When you're rich and powerful as fuck but still bend the knee to a felon rapist pedophile.

All of America's most "powerful" people are little fucking bitches. Little bitches are calling the shots and representing us to the world. Jesus Christ how pathetic is this country going to get?

Conservatives: Hold my beer.

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 35 points 2 days ago

Emperor Cheesar accepting gold tribute from his feudal vassal

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 33 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Now that's pathetic. Whatever happened to apple? What was even the latest cool thing they did? Seems almost irrelevant now

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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I’m not buying any more iPhones. I got used to them and just continued buying them. But no more.

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago
[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

His name really is Tim Apple now.

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

An apple shaped hole in a CD? He just presented Trump with an A-Hole award.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

enthusiastic dick sucking noises

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So now that apple bent the knee can people finally stop buying apple shit?

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[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 27 points 1 day ago

Smells like an opportunity to cause Apple brand damage.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago

Fuck you Tim Cook

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So, where are y'all going to hang your mandatory Trump portraits?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

So, where are y'all going to hang ~~your mandatory~~ Trump? ~~portraits~~

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’ll bet those boots taste disgusting.

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