Apple CEO Tim Cook was one of the guests today at an event for business leaders in Japan, where President Trump highlighted Apple’s multi-hundred-billion-dollar investment in U.S. infrastructure. Here are the details.
‘You’ve done more than the entire group here’
Having just spent a week in China, Cook is now back East as part of President Trump’s entourage in Japan.
Following a ceremony at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Tokyo, where a $490 billion U.S.-Japan investment was announced, Trump delivered a roughly 40-minute speech before the dinner that followed.
During his speech, he praised Tim Cook, mentioning Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, which encompasses multiple domestic investments totaling $600 billion.
Here’s what Trump said:
“Tim Cook is doing, I think, like, 600 or 650 billion dollars, right? Think of it. You’ve done more than the entire group here. We raised 518 billion, and it is one man sitting here, at 650. But good… and everything’s… they’re treating you great, right? We give them fast permits. We give everybody fast permits. No more waiting 20 years before you get rejected.”
Also in attendance at today’s event were Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Rakuten Group CEO Hiroshi Mikitani, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, among others, as reported by Bloomberg.
You can watch the full event below:
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