Tell Apple to take back its donation to Trump’s ballroom
Apple is a corporate donor to Donald Trump's White House ballroom project, the project that led to the sudden and shocking demolition of the East Wing of the White House. And this giant corporation doesn't look like it's funding the ballroom debacle out of a sense of civic pride — in fact, it looks like a major conflict of interest: Apple has recently faced allegations from the federal government of trying to monopolize the smartphone market, violate worker rights, and misclassify hazardous waste — under Trump, the National Labor Relations Board withdrew its worker rights claims Trump recently announced 100% tariffs on semiconductors (including cellphones and parts) — but said Apple doesn't have to pay due to forthcoming U.S. investments And Apple has been awarded $1.8 million in government contracts since October 1, 2020 — so the company has an incentive to make Trump happy to keep the contracts coming Apple has seen that currying favor with the Trump Administration ...
