Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on iPhones manufactured overseas

President Donald Trump has escalated pressure on Apple to manufacture iPhones for the American market domestically. In a post on Truth Social Friday morning, the president explicitly warned that he would recommend a 25 percent tariff be applied to any iPhones sold in the United States that were manufactured outside the country.

“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.

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