Trump to tour Apple manufacturing plant in Austin

[TexasTowelie]

President Donald Trump will travel to Austin on Wednesday to tour an Apple Inc. manufacturing plant and tout the company’s recent expansion in Central Texas, a White House official told the American-Statesman on Saturday.

Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook and senior administration officials on Wednesday will hear from employees about how products are assembled at the Austin facility, the White House official said.

Apple announced in September it would keep manufacturing its Mac Pro computers in Austin, after it received exemptions from some proposed federal tariffs.

The Mac Pro is manufactured in a Flextronics Americas factory in Northwest Austin.

In June, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple planned to move Mac Pro manufacturing to China. The newspaper cited a number of challenges, including declining demand and manufacturing capacity.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20191116/trump-to-tour-apple-manufacturing-plant-in-austin

[Cattledog]

1. Why is Tim Cook giving Trump a photo op?

[TexasTowelie]

2. Could Tim Apple have something up his sleeve? nt

[beachbumbob]

3. Toxic trump may get a warm liberal Austin welcome?

[TexasTowelie]

4. I doubt it.

The motorcade route will be kept secret until the last moment and I doubt that any workers are going to risk their jobs to make a political statement. The bad press that would follow probably isn't good for either social prospects or employment hunting.