President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Tim Cook as an “incredible guy” following Apple’s announcement that he would soon step down as CEO, while also boasting about the time the chief executive had to “kiss my ass” to get Trump’s help on an unspecified “fairly large problem.”
“For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term,” Trump recalled in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform. “He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix.”
“When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to ‘kiss my ass,’” Trump added. “He explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively. That was the beginning of a long and very nice relationship.”
Trump said that, as the two of them kept in touch over the years and worked together occasionally, he realized Cook is “an amazing manager and leader.”
“He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!), and he gets the job done, QUICKLY,” Trump said.
