Donald Trump calls for boycott of Apple now
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Friday for a boycott of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) products until the tech company agreed to help the US government unlock the cellphone of one of the killers in last year’s San Bernardino, California, shooting.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-02-20 15:36 GMT
Washington
“Boycott Apple until such time as they give that information,” Trump said at a campaign event in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. “It just occurred to me.”
Trump, front-runner for the Republican nomination ahead of the November 8 presidential election, made the off-the-cuff comment at a town hall-style event at a country club, a day before the state’s nominating contest.
Even as he was still speaking, Trump’s campaign posted on his Twitter handle (@real Donald Trump) from an iPhone, with the time stamp labeled “via Twitter for iPhone.”
Trump later posted on Twitter that he used both an iPhone and a Samsung (005930.KS) device. In response, senior Apple executives, on a call with reporters on Friday, said they felt they were in good company given the other groups and people Trump has criticised in the past. They defended encryption as a way to protect Apple customers’ rights.
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