Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) was the 45th president of the United States from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021.

History with Apple
Trump was president during Tim Cook's tenure as the CEO of Apple Inc. Trump claimed that he received the first Mac Pro made by Apple in Texas. Though the 2nd generation Mac Pro had been assembled in Austin since 2013, the aforementioned unit was the first 3rd generation model to come off the assembly line there in 2019.

In 2017 and 2018, Trump administration officials ed Apple to seize data from members of the, their family members, aides, and journalists in search of leaks about contact between Trump associates and Russia. Apple was not notified who the subpoena was targeting and limited information to and did not provide any emails or images. Apple was then placed under a not to disclose the subpoena until it expired after Trump left office in 2021. Microsoft also received a similar subpoena and none of the data provided was able to tie anyone to the leaks.

Trump is known to have disparaged Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, because of her majority stake in , a magazine that had printed critical news coverage of the Trump administration.

Trivia

 * In December 2017, Steve Wozniak compared Jobs' personality to that of Trump.

Articles

 * How Apple’s Tim Cook Mastered Donald Trump by Will Jeakle at Fortune (2019-11-25)
 * Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory by Russell Brandom at The Verge (2019-11-20)