During President Trump ’s “Liberation Day” tariffs rollout last spring, he threatened Apple CEO Tim Cook by name on Truth Social, saying he’d hit the company with 25 percent tariffs if it didn’t start making iPhones in the United States. This kicked off some panicky talk about $3,500 U.S.-made iPhones , since realistically, the Trump administration’s vision of Americans joining “the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones” can’t come to fruition anytime soon.

But “ Tim Apple ” found a way to appease Trump without actually meeting his unreasonable demand for an entirely U.S.-made iPhone. And it involved presenting Trump with something that looked like a prestigious award, but was actually just a hunk of glass.

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