Tim Cook is the latest tech CEO to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Apple CEO Tim Cook volition conscionable with President-elect Donald Trump for meal connected Friday astatine his Mar-a-Lago edifice successful Florida, according to The New York Times. It’s reportedly Cook’s archetypal clip gathering with Trump since the election.

During Trump’s archetypal term, Cook established a nonstop narration with the president that other tech CEOs person wanted to replicate. As Trump prepares for his 2nd term, Cook whitethorn privation to sermon imaginable tariffs, which could importantly impact Apple’s business.

Cook whitethorn besides privation to sermon the European Union’s actions against Apple; during his statesmanlike campaign, Trump claimed that Cook called him to complain astir the fines Apple faces successful the European Union, with accusations of anticompetitive behaviour successful App Store policies and however it manages platforms similar the iPhone and Mac.

Cook’s sojourn follows reports of Trump’s conversation with Google CEO Sundar Pichai yesterday and Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos adjacent week. Trump met with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in November.

Tech companies and leaders, including Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, person besides been appealing to the President-elect with $1 cardinal donations to his inauguration fund.