Donald Trump’s ‘Make in USA’ iPhone demand is unmoored from reality: Journalist & author Patrick McGee

Donald Trump’s sudden, intense focus on Apple — specifically, his obsession with the company manufacturing iPhones in the United States — has roiled the Cupertino giant, which has expressed its intent to gradually move its iPhone assembly to India to insulate itself from the fallout of the US President’s ongoing tariff staredown with China.

However, Patrick McGee, a journalist and author who covered Apple for five years between 2019 and 2023 for the Financial Times, argues that Trump’s expectations are not grounded in reality. “The short answer…