{"id":137111,"date":"2024-12-15T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137111"},"modified":"2024-12-15T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:03:00","slug":"donald-trump-hosts-apple-ceo-tim-cook-at-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137111","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Hosts Apple CEO Tim Cook At Mar-A-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Donald Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"675d88a4e4b01d779ad1f5cf\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Donald Trump<\/a> hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tim-cook\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Apple CEO Tim Cook\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"675d88a4e4b01d779ad1f5cf\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tim-cook\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Apple CEO Tim Cook<\/a> for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Cook is the latest in a string of big tech leaders \u2014 including OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman, Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/impact\/topic\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a>\u2019s Jeff Bezos \u2014 who have sought to improve their standing with the incoming president after choppy relations with Trump during his first term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Trump has said he has spoken with Cook about the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/apple-european-union-tech-b1575db8c8c03e5ac8dcd32f94f7984f\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"long-running tax battles with the European Union. \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"675d88a4e4b01d779ad1f5cf\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/apple-european-union-tech-b1575db8c8c03e5ac8dcd32f94f7984f\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">long-running tax battles with the European Union. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The meeting comes less than two months after Trump said he spoke to Cook by phone, and soon after Apple lost its last appeal in a dispute with the EU over 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cHe said the European Union has just fined us $15 billion,\u201d Trump recalled of his conversation with Cook, in an October interview with podcaster Patrick Bet-David. \u201cThen on top of that they got fined by the European Union another $2 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The decision by the EU top court was the finale to a dispute that centered on sweetheart deals that Dublin was offering to attract multinational businesses with minimal taxes across the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission in 2016 ruled that Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid that Ireland was required to recover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/675d8a2c1b00002600fe8ee9.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/675d8a2c1b00002600fe8ee9.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"cli-image__caption caption-cli\">Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Trump\u2019s transition team and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his dinner with Cook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sam-altman-donald-trump-openai-3b7a87037f3718eb3edc73e94be8a61a\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"OpenAI CEO Altman\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"675d88a4e4b01d779ad1f5cf\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sam-altman-donald-trump-openai-3b7a87037f3718eb3edc73e94be8a61a\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">OpenAI CEO Altman<\/a> is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump\u2019s inauguration fund, the company confirmed Friday. Amazon and Meta, the parent company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/impact\/topic\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a> and Instagram, confirmed this week they had each donated $1 million to Trump\u2019s inaugural fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>During his first term, Trump criticized Amazon and railed against the political coverage at The Washington Post, which Bezos owns. Meanwhile, Bezos had criticized some of Trump\u2019s past rhetoric. 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Last week, he said at The New York Times\u2019 DealBook Summit in New York that he was \u201coptimistic\u201d about Trump\u2019s second term while also endorsing president-elect\u2019s plans to cut regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The donation from Meta came just weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/facebook-trump-zuckerberg-meta-03b409b31deb17ecf3c6d8913e999550\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Meta CEO Zuckerberg met with Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"675d88a4e4b01d779ad1f5cf\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/facebook-trump-zuckerberg-meta-03b409b31deb17ecf3c6d8913e999550\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">Meta CEO Zuckerberg met with Trump<\/a> privately at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for president, but voiced a more positive stance toward Trump. 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