Billionaire Apple chief executive Tim Cook presented Donald Trump with a personalised gift boasting a 24-karat gold base as the tech giant wooed the president at the White House.
Cook dropped in to the White House on Wednesday bearing his golden gift to announce the tech company’s extra $100 billion investment in American manufacturing as the president still waves the threat of tariffs, the Daily Beast reported.
The president started the Press conference by calling Cook, “One of the great and most esteemed business leaders and geniuses and innovators anywhere in the world.”
Bizarrely, Trump also said the 64-year-old had “just about every quality he can have other than athleticism. I don’t know about that. I’m looking at him. I’m not, I’m not a 100 per cent sure about you [being] a good athlete. I’ll bet you’re pretty good.”
After the awkward introductions, Cook placed his gift – an ornament with a circular glass disc that fits into a gold base – on the president’s desk.
The glass was engraved with Trump’s name, the CEO’s signature and the phrase, ‘Made in USA’.
“It is a unique unit of one,” Cook said, while showing off the gift to media, saying it was designed by a former military officer who now works at Apple.
Apple previously announced a $500 billion investment in US manufacturing in February after Trump started his war on imported goods. In May, Cook said most of the devices sold in the US in the June quarter would be shipped in from India or Vietnam.
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