Trump believes that Apple can make iPhones in the US, not China. Why that is wishful thinking

Trump believes that Apple can make iPhones in the US, not China. Why that is wishful thinking

Amid the escalating tariff war with China, Donald Trump believes that Apple could manufacture its flagship product, the iPhone, in the United States. However, analysts and the company itself believe this can’t happen anytime soon, owing to the shortage of facilities and labour needed

US President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple’s Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas. Amid the tariff war with China, Trump wants Apple to manufacture its iPhones in the US. File image/AFP