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. According to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Cook had also sent an iPhone X to Trump in 2017. . However in 2019, Trump tweeted to Cook that he preferred the home button to the swipe gestures of more recent iPhone models. He also addressed Cook as "Tim Apple".

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.

Truth Social
Trump was banned from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in January 2021 after the. Former president Trump responded by announcing in October 2021 that he would launch his own social media platform. In February 2022, Truth Social debuted on iOS through Apple's App Store. The platform advertised itself as a "Big Tent" for open and free conversation, briefly reaching the top of Apple's most downloaded apps. However, it was beset by technical problems and accusations of censorship, leading to a loss of interest and criticism that it was not yet available on other platforms outside of iOS.

Trivia

 * In December 2017, when Steve Wozniak was asked about comparisons between Steve Jobs and founder, he replied: "Having been close to Steve Jobs, and not that close to Elon Musk, I'd say Steve Jobs is more like [President] Trump. … A lot of shocking things you would never hear about, but you would never want your own child to be that way. You'd just be shocked that a human being would do those things."
 * 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.

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)