President Donald Trump Pushes Apple to Produce iPhones in US

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JAKARTA - United States (US) President Donald Trump believes Apple can produce iPhones and other products in the US, considering that Apple has invested 500 billion US dollars (IDR 8,000 trillion) in the country.

This statement was given directly by the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, when asked "whether Trump considers iPhone production a type of technology that can be moved to the US."

"Absolutely. He (Trump) believes we have the workforce, we have the resources to do it," Leavitt replied, quoting MacRumor.

Trump's optimism is in line with his plan to impose high tariffs on China, Vietnam, Thailand, India, the European Union, Indonesia, and other countries starting April 9.

In his statement, Trump hopes that the high tariffs can encourage large companies like Apple to move their production domestically.

But in fact, the plan seems impossible because Apple has relied on a global supplier network in more than 50 countries, with raw materials from 79 countries.

In fact, Apple CEO Tim Cook, once said that China’s manufacturing expertise is irreplaceable, especially for production processes that require high precision.

“In the U.S., we probably couldn’t fill a room with equipment engineers. In China, you could fill a couple of football fields,” Cook said.

The MacRumors report also found that Apple previously tried to produce the Mac Pro in Texas during Trump’s first term, but the project failed due to limited local suppliers and high production costs.