Ngokwemithombo yeendaba enobukho kwi-White House, emva kweendaba zayizolo, apho uTim Cook waqinisekisa ukuba uya kuzisa inxalenye enkulu yeenzuzo ezenziwe yi-Apple ngaphandle kwilizwe laseMntla Melika ukuba atyale imali ekuphuculweni kwendawo, UDonald Trump wafowunela uCook ukuba avuyisane naye ngomsebenzi wakhe nokumbulela.
Ngokutsho Bloomberg, I-350 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi eziya kuthi i-Apple izibuyisele kwingeniso efunyenwe kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngaphandle kwemida yaseMelika, wamothusa gqitha umongameli onyuliweyo waseUnited States. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, kwaye nangona kungekho siqinisekiso esisemthethweni okwangoku, kubonakala ngathi iTump yabiza uCook ngefowuni ukuze ambulele ngomzamo wokutyala imali kwilizwe lendawo.
Ngexesha lendibano ePennsylvania, UTrump ubalise indlela asabela ngayo xa esiva ezi ndaba:
“Xa ndeva iindaba izolo, ndeva ukuba iApple ibuyisela ekhaya i-350 yezigidi zeedola, isixa esibalulekileyo. Kwaye bandixelela ukuba hayi, iya kuba yi-350 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.. Andizange ndikholelwe.
"Ndafowunela uTim Cook ukuba ndimbulele"Ndikholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba olu lolona tyalo-mali lukhulu kuyo nayiphi na inkampani kwimbali yase-United States."
Njengoko sisazi, ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-White House kunye nenkampani esekwe eCupertino buye bawohloka ngokuqhubekayo emva kokufika komongameli omtsha waseMelika kwisithuba esingaphezu konyaka ophelileyo. UDonald Trump uhlala echasene kakhulu neendlela ezininzi ezixhaswayo kwaye zenziwe yi-Apple. Ngapha koko, uTrump waqinisekisa embindini wephulo lakhe lokuba ngumongameli ukuba uya kunyanzela i-Apple ukuba yenze "iikhompyuter zayo ezintle kunye nezinye izinto kweli lizwe."
Ayikhange ibe ngaphantsi kwicala le-Apple. KwanoTim Cook wabonwa ekhankasela ngokuchasene nomongameli wangoku, exhasa uninzi lwenkcaso yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, kubonakala ngathi ukubhengezwa kolu tyalo-mali olukhulu kwilizwe laseMntla Melika (ekhuthazwa yinguqu yerhafu evunywe nguMongameli Trump ngokwakhe) kuye kwathambisa ithoni phakathi kwamaqela omabini.
Kulungile ukuba inkampani yaseMelika ifune ukunceda ilizwe layo ngokuzisa ubutyebi kulo kwaye ubuncinci uDonald Trump uyixabisile.