7 minutes ago, Tug said:

Get a life…….on the dementia Donnie fantasy of making IPhones in America perhaps he’s just trolling even Donnie the dullard knows that’s just not viable.

If an iPhone is manufactured in the US from parts made in the US, it would cost $ 3700

2 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Why?

 

You still have a Nokia flip phone?

Typical MAGA reply, I have a smartphone (Samsung) which cost me just 375 AUD

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4 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Did you think of that witty retort all on your own ?

Yes.... you seem jealous 🤢

Here we go again 

 

Donald Trump wants you to stop watching porn. And if you don’t you might land in jail. Here is why.

Why Trump wants you to stop watching porn | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site 

27 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

Yes.... you seem jealous 🤢

 

And you seem confused. 

5 hours ago, blaze master said:

The bla blabla vs bla bla...that their bla bla is better than the other one. 

Maybe your most salient contribution to AN.  You should make it the 'About me' quote in your profile.

1 minute ago, gamb00ler said:

Maybe your most salient contribution to AN.  You should make it the 'About me' quote in your profile.

 

Muffin did you not get a good sleep ?

Unfortunately Trump has zero understanding of globalization, and the inherent ecosystems within the global manufacturing systems. It is virtually impossible to make an iPhone in the US without it costing an absolute fortune. These jobs that Trump keeps referring to will not return to the US, the US will never "become great again", and Trump is only diminishing the nation with his sheer stupidity and ignorance. 

 

Donald Trump. 

Making America less relevant, less dependable, less trusted, and more hated by the day. 

If Trump, on top of killing off VoA, manages to kill off this eyesore Apple, then he will rise even higher in the pantheon of one he already occupies. For, this closed eco-system that is apple which monitors what apps you get to see and don't like a cheap censor, this overpriced underwhelming hardware which sees Iphone charging speeds outclassed by Chinese Android phones many times over, not to mention the many flaws in performance, it is just embarassing. Anyone who buys an Iphone needs their head examined.

 

Killl Apple off, the world will be so much the better for it.

 

Trump wins for the world again.

20 hours ago, JakeC said:

 

Here's reality... I can buy a second hand iPhone from 2018 that still works perfectly for a couple of thousand baht. Notably, it supports eSIM. Something that the majority of cheap Android phones fail to do.

Locking down the system makes sense. You are welcome to buy cheap Android phones that look high spec at first glance, but look closely and you begin to see the glaring omissions in comparison.

 

 

eSims can be bought separately, no? 

any other compelling reason to have the iphone over an android?

I've never owned an iphone or felt like I needed to. 

 

also, since you have a 2018 model, you're missing the entire point of the iPhone. it is a status symbol. and a 2018 shows maybe even lower status than a modern Chinese android. maybe you dont care about status, but does the 2018 iPhone really have the up to date stuff that's on a new android? fingerprinting? face recognition? you can't even use the bank apps without these features. 

 

 

9 hours ago, RupertIII said:

 

“Remember the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones?” 

Those screw jobs will be for  nut jobs !

Robots more like .Over to you Elon ...

8 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

The truth is almost all the mice are made in China!  It's all a giant conspiracy.  GOP gotta outlaw Chinese mice!

Chinese mice or GQP rats.

On 5/23/2025 at 10:53 PM, blaze master said:

 

Ok you keep plugging away.

They don't have anything else going on in life, derangement in full effect 

15 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

They don't have anything else going on in life, derangement in full effect 

 

The original reply I got tells the whole story. 

8 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Killl Apple off, the world will be so much the better for it.

 

Trump wins for the world again.

 

Making the world safe for Google Android

13 hours ago, still kicking said:

If an iPhone is manufactured in the US from parts made in the US, it would cost $ 3700

That is not true, that is directly from CNN.

21 hours ago, impulse said:

I love the smell of lefty tears in the morning.

 

 

Since nov 5th 2016.

On 5/23/2025 at 10:20 PM, CallumWK said:

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tariffs-live-updates-trump-threatens-new-tariffs-on-apple-eu-in-latest-escalation-of-trade-war-191201009.html

President Trump on Friday took aim at another giant US corporation in his ongoing trade war, threatening Apple (AAPL) with increased duties if the company does not make iPhones in the US. He also attacked the European Union and said he was recommending a "straight 50%" tariff on EU-imported products beginning next weekend.

 

"I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S."

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-stock-sinks-after-trump-threatens-25-tariffs-on-iphone-maker-133529473.html

 

 

Apple stock slides on Trump's 'fairy tale' wish for US-made iPhones

Do they use AI to make trump look so miserable and angry a lot?

 

 

23 hours ago, impulse said:

I love the smell of lefty tears in the morning.

I love reading what the President says in the morning:

 

 The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do .

 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114519753109701350

 

Following the 7-2 Supreme Court decision re: 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) on mostly procedural issues plus maintaining temporary restraining order.

5 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

I love reading what the President says in the morning:

 

 The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do .

 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114519753109701350

 

Following the 7-2 Supreme Court decision re: 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) on mostly procedural issues plus maintaining temporary restraining order.

 

The Supreme Court did not rule on the issue.  They tossed it back to the lower courts.  They should have ruled.

 

 

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eSims can be bought separately, no? 

any other compelling reason to have the iphone over an android?

I've never owned an iphone or felt like I needed to. 

 

What are you talking? Separately from what? Your phone either supports them or not. If not, then you have to source a physical SIM. It's easier to organise an eSIM rather than to have to find a SIM when you land etc.

Yes, it has the features that you mention.

I'm not trying to sell you an iPhone. You are welcome to your spying Android phone.

32 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

The Supreme Court did not rule on the issue.  They tossed it back to the lower courts.  They should have ruled.

As I said it was mostly procedural but left the restraining order in place. The majority ruled that they want an appeal court decision before a formal Supreme Court case.

 

In Friday’s order, the Supreme Court said the Fifth Circuit “erred in dismissing the detainees’ appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”

 

But Trump is just s-o-o-o unhappy with HIS Supreme Court.

 

BTW the 1798 law requires an 'invasion' and 2 NSC staffers were just fired for saying there was no 'invasion'.

12 hours ago, Cameroni said:

If Trump, on top of killing off VoA, manages to kill off this eyesore Apple, then he will rise even higher in the pantheon of one he already occupies. For, this closed eco-system that is apple which monitors what apps you get to see and don't like a cheap censor, this overpriced underwhelming hardware which sees Iphone charging speeds outclassed by Chinese Android phones many times over, not to mention the many flaws in performance, it is just embarassing. Anyone who buys an Iphone needs their head examined.

 

Killl Apple off, the world will be so much the better for it.

 

Trump wins for the world again.

While I am no fan of their phones, I dare you to name a better desktop computer system, or a better laptop. I bet you can't do that because there are none. Apple simply makes the best computers on the planet. And they have been a huge boon to the US economy, and the Goombah just doesn't get any of that. His level of idiocy is mind boggling. 

12 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

And you seem confused. 

I do understand why you have difficulty.

I remember the old Microsoft ad:

“I guess I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person."

Manchild who is president of the US throws his pacificier out of the pram again.

 

Translated:

Donald Trump lives in my head rent-free and I'm powerless to evict him.

That's OK -- I am waiting for maybe the ghost of David Souter to live in Justice Barrett's head.

50% tariff on iphones is a great idea, have to pay down the national debt. So, thank you Apple users.

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Translated:

Donald Trump lives in my head rent-free and I'm powerless to evict him.

 

Any chance of something original? You know...something you thought up by yourself.