--- title: Donald Trump Attacks Apple for Making iPhones in China description: Republican candidate promises to drag production back to the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/4184868/donald-trump-apple-iphone-china/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T13:32:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:14:08.555Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Attacks Apple for Making iPhones in China og:description: Republican candidate promises to drag production back to the U.S. og:url: https://time.com/4184868/donald-trump-apple-iphone-china/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263da2666baace8e/69887995ab6d7741f86a8036/donald-trump-apple-us-made.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Attacks Apple for Making iPhones in China twitter:description: Republican candidate promises to drag production back to the U.S. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263da2666baace8e/69887995ab6d7741f86a8036/donald-trump-apple-us-made.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Attacks Apple for Making iPhones in China by [Dan Primack / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Dan Primack / Fortune Fortune Jan 19, 2016 1:32 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at Concord High School on Jan. 18, 2016, in Concord, N.H. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at Concord High School on Jan. 18, 2016, in Concord, N.H.John Minchillo—AP by [Dan Primack / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Dan Primack / Fortune Fortune Jan 19, 2016 1:32 PM UTC Donald Trump has a message for Tim Cook: If elected, you’re going to begin making all of your devices in the United States. The Republican front-runner made the boast on Monday near the end of a speech at Liberty University in Virginia ([video here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSAyOlQuVX4), comments just after 1:07 mark): --- > “” --- Trump has regularly bashed U.S. companies for manufacturing their products elsewhere. A regular target ― including in his Monday speech ― has been Ford Motor Co., with Trump threatening a 35% import tariff on any cars made in Mexico (while simultaneously calling himself a “free trader”). But this seems to be the first time Apple has entered his crosshairs, and Trump provided no suggestions for how he would convince Tim Cook to abandon his company’s primary manufacturing base. Then again, it’s also unclear how a president ― any president ― would unilaterally impose a 35% tariff. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2016/01/18/donald-trump-says-hell-make-apple-stop-making-iphones-in-china/) _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://fortune.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4184868/donald-trump-apple-iphone-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4184868/donald-trump-apple-iphone-china/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Attacks Apple for Making iPhones in China","datePublished":"2016-01-19T13:32:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:14:08.555Z","description":"Republican candidate promises to drag production back to the U.S.","url":"https://time.com/4184868/donald-trump-apple-iphone-china/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263da2666baace8e/69887995ab6d7741f86a8036/donald-trump-apple-us-made.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Primack / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263da2666baace8e/69887995ab6d7741f86a8036/donald-trump-apple-us-made.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at Concord High School on Jan. 18, 2016, in Concord, N.H. 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