President Donald Trump offered some unexpected design advice to Tim Apple Cook, the CEO of Apple, on Friday.
Trump tweeted:
To Tim: The Button on the IPhone was FAR better than the Swipe!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2019
Cook has not yet responded. But when he does, there may be some snark involved. After all, when Trump accidentally called him “Tim Apple” in a meeting in March, Cook subtly changed his Twitter name to “Tim .”
Some tweeters asked if Trump was subtweeting his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, after it emerged that the former New York mayor had twice butt-dialed a reporter in three weeks. Others speculated Trump had just upgraded to a new, button-less model of the device.
$10 you’re holding the tv remote control
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 25, 2019
Is he subtweeting Rudy https://t.co/jjQWQQau2p
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 25, 2019
me and trump after he tweets the correct opinion about the iphone button pic.twitter.com/w8kne7knPT
— Jason Wells (@JasonBretWells) October 25, 2019
"Amid impeachment inquiry, Trump upgrades iPhone"https://t.co/9SMaUpl15W
— Sean O'Kane (@sokane1) October 25, 2019
THE BUTTON ON THE IPHONE IS FAR BETTER THAN THE SWIPE pic.twitter.com/emwIeHBe6v
— Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb) October 25, 2019
Is this a Giuliani joke? Does he not use FaceID? https://t.co/3bXB0hqtjp
— Shep McAllister (@shepmcallister) October 25, 2019
Sir, this is Twitter. Not the Apple Genius Bar. https://t.co/QFumr68kAf
— Red™️ Sparkle Shoes (@Redpainter1) October 25, 2019
iPhone PE (President Edition) confirmed https://t.co/QFUrpvllkU
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) October 25, 2019
Yet another "Had to check if this was a parody account" tweet.
— JRehling (@JRehling) October 25, 2019
It bothers him, Tim. Keep it that way.
Rudy’s embarrassment is Tim Cook’s fault? Right.
— Cameron Atfield (@CameronAtfield) October 25, 2019
Sir, this is a TV remote
— Comfortably Glum (@YGalanter) October 25, 2019
@tim_cook listen to #Customer1 @realDonaldTrump’s review & feedback about the new @Apple #iPhone 📱 📲 iOS https://t.co/hON2HMiFH6
— Frank Lampard’s Chelsea (@iambhutia) October 26, 2019
Took me 30 seconds to figure this out, but I got it. Trump just switched from an iPhone 8 with a home button to an iPhone 11 without one, and he doesn’t like it. https://t.co/hTrox4VprY
— John Gruber (@gruber) October 25, 2019
Trump gets an iPhone 11 https://t.co/61V2XSukm1
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) October 25, 2019
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