Trump Planning Semiconductor Tariffs That Will Impact Apple, No One 'Getting Off the Hook'

Apple will not be exempt from tariffs after all, with U.S. President Donald Trump working on new semiconductor levies that will likely impact Apple devices, chips from companies like Nvidia, and other electronics.

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Over the weekend, the U.S. Customers and Border Protection agency shared a long list of electronic devices excluded from the current tariffs, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, the Apple Watch, and more. Apple scored a reprieve from the 145 percent tariff impacting goods imported from China and the 10 percent tariff on goods imported from other countries, but it doesn't sound like it's going to last.

On his Truth Social network, Trump said that no one is "getting off the hook" and there "was no tariff exception." Apple and other tech companies are "just moving to a different tariff bucket," with the 20 percent "Fentanyl Tariffs" still in place, and additional tariffs coming.

Trump said that his administration will be "taking a look" at semiconductors and the electronics supply chain in the National Security Tariff Investigations. He also reiterated that "we need to make products in the United States." Trump is expected to announce some kind of semiconductor tariff in the coming days.

Trump has suggested that Apple could manufacture the iPhone and other products in the United States, but even if such a move were not wildly expensive, Apple would not be able to find enough people with the necessary skillset to assemble devices in the quantities needed. U.S. manufacturing would also drive the cost of the ‌iPhone‌ up significantly.

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hieranonymous Avatar
24 weeks ago
He’s just manipulating the market in broad daylight so he and his cronies can pump and dump.

This really is the dumbest timeline.
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risenphoenixkai Avatar
24 weeks ago
Let’s be real: Tangerine Palpatine isn’t “planning” anything. That guy’s skull is the equivalent of a glass jar full of dying fireflies.

On Thursday, he’ll wake up and see that tech stocks have tanked even further, and more “exemptions” will come in. Four days later, after Chinese state media calls him a dirty name, he’ll institute an eleventy billion percent tariff instead.

There is no plan. There is no rationale. There is only the ravings of a lunatic moron, who 70+ million of his fellow idiots trusted with far more power than he deserved or was ever capable of exercising with even a modicum of wisdom or restraint.
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HouseLannister Avatar
24 weeks ago
which episode of Black Mirror is this?
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macos9rules Avatar
24 weeks ago
He changes his mind every day or so
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nikon1 Avatar
24 weeks ago
“Trump has suggested that Apple could manufacture the iPhone and other products in the United States ('https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/08/trump-apple-us-iphone-manufacturing/'), but even if such a move were not wildly expensive, Apple would not be able to find enough people with the necessary skillset to assemble devices in the quantities needed. U.S. manufacturing would also drive the cost of the iPhone up significantly.”

Once again, trump showing just how ignorant he really is when it comes to manufacturing products. Every time he opens his mouth, it just proves how useless he is as a leader of our country.

“Better to be thought a fool and remain silent, than speak and remove all doubt.”

— Abraham Lincoln
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wbeasley Avatar
24 weeks ago
iPhone 17 satire (Australian site):

https://theshovel.com.au/2025/04/14/new-iphone-to-completely-fold-trump-negotiation-style/



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