Trump calls for Apple boycott
Story highlights
- Donald Trump on Friday called for a boycott against Apple until the technology giant gives helps the FBI break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters
- "Boycott Apple until such time as they give that information," Trump told a crowded room of supporters during a town hall-style event
Pawley's Island, South Carolina (CNN)Donald
Trump on Friday called for a boycott against Apple until the technology
giant helps the FBI break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino
shooters.
"Boycott Apple until
such time as they give that information," Trump told a crowded room of
supporters during a town hall-style event here just one day before the
South Carolina GOP primary.
"Apple
ought to give the security for that phone, OK. What I think you ought
to do is boycott Apple until such a time as they give that security
number. How do you like that? I just thought of it. Boycott Apple,"
Trump said.
"The phone's not even owned
by this young thug that killed all these people. The phone's owned by
the government, OK, it's not even his phone," Trump said. "But (Apple
CEO) Tim Cook is looking to do a big number, probably to show how
liberal he is. But Apple should give up, they should get the security or
find other people.
While Trump was
speaking, his Twitter account tweeted a Fox News poll from an iPhone.
Later Friday, he tweeted, "I use both iPhone & Samsung. If Apple
doesn't give info to authorities on the terrorists I'll only be using
Samsung until they give info."
Soon after, he tweeted,
"Boycott all Apple products until such time as Apple gives cellphone
info to authorities regarding radical Islamic terrorist couple from
Cal."
A senior Apple executive said
the tech giant is in fine company based on other people Trump has
attacked. The executive said the company is fighting on behalf of its
customers.
Trump's comments come days after Cook said in an open letter
that his company was opposing a federal judge's order to provide the
FBI with security software to break into one of the San Bernardino
terrorist's iPhones.
Cook argued in his
open letter that complying with the judge's order would build "a
backdoor to the iPhone," which Cook said he considers "too dangerous to
create."
Trump is no stranger to
calling for boycotts of Fortune 500 companies. He also previously called
for a boycott of Macy's after the retail giant pulled Trump's line of
clothing from its stores due to Trump's heated rhetoric over
undocumented Mexican immigrants.
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