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02-26-2016, 10:36 PM
Donald Trump flip-flops even when it comes to his choice of smartphone.
The Republican presidential candidate called for a boycott on Apple products (http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/19/politics/donald-trump-apple-boycott/) last week when the tech giant refused to unlock an iPhone (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/apple-ceo-tim-cook-takes-on-the-fbi-over-data_us_56c4772fe4b08ffac1271288) connected to a terror investigation. He vowed only to use Samsung devices (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/700795170023825408) until Apple changes course, and urged his supporters not to give Apple any business. But a glance at his tweets Friday reveals that Trump -- or someone on his campaign -- is still using an Apple iPhone to dole out abuse.
The plot thickens: Trump also appears to be using an Android phone (manufactured by Samsung). Here he is elevating the discourse about rival candidate Ted Cruz:
A representative for Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
It's likely that Trump doesn't actually press the publish button on all of his own tweets, though he reportedly dictates all of them (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html), at least. And it's previously been reported that his personal device is a Samsung Galaxy (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-use-campaign-2016.html) phone.
Still, the man made a pretty blunt statement about iPhones last week: Don't use them until Apple cooperates with the FBI. Apple certainly hasn't done that yet (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/apple-submits-brief-opposing-us-governments-unprecedented-iphone-request_us_56cf5f90e4b0871f60ea9a71), so what's the deal?
Maybe Trump -- whose net worth is reportedly $4.5 billion (http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/) -- doesn't have enough conviction in his own viewpoints to buy a couple of new smartphones for his communications team. Or maybe he thinks it's more important for everyday voters to boycott Apple than it is for upper-crust types who actually have the resources to switch smartphones -- devices that cost hundreds of dollars -- on a whim.
While Trump flip-flops constantly (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/20/donald-trumps-many-campaign-180s-in-his-own-words/), this situation actually offered him a chance to be consistent for once. The business mogul has railed against Apple before for failing to build a larger iPhone, because huger is always better:
Apple is finally considering a large screen for the I-Phone-they better get moving fast. When I told them to do this last year, they scoffed
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/359290546998620161)
I can’t believe Apple isn’t moving faster to create a larger iPhone screen. Bring back Steve Jobs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/360124399074025474)
I cannot believe that Apple didn't come out with a larger screen IPhone. Samsung is stealing their business. STEVE JOBS IS SPINNING IN GRAVE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/380630080084787200)
Apple must make the IPhone screen bigger. Losing major market share.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/390896287949656064)
Apple's iPhone sales fell way short-they must go to a larger screen, as alternative, fast (as I said long ago)! Samsung's size much better.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2014 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/428131099932647424)
Inconsistent or not, Trump continues to smash his competition (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary) in the polls.
Editor's note: Donald Trump is a serial liar (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-911_565b1950e4b08e945feb7326), rampant xenophobe (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b), racist (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-muslim-immigration-us_5665f75de4b072e9d1c7252b), misogynist (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/18-real-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-women_us_55d356a8e4b07addcb442023), birther (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-birther_56022a33e4b00310edf92f7a) and bully (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/trump-black-lives-matter-protester_5651ea96e4b0258edb31dd7e) who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.
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The Republican presidential candidate called for a boycott on Apple products (http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/19/politics/donald-trump-apple-boycott/) last week when the tech giant refused to unlock an iPhone (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/apple-ceo-tim-cook-takes-on-the-fbi-over-data_us_56c4772fe4b08ffac1271288) connected to a terror investigation. He vowed only to use Samsung devices (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/700795170023825408) until Apple changes course, and urged his supporters not to give Apple any business. But a glance at his tweets Friday reveals that Trump -- or someone on his campaign -- is still using an Apple iPhone to dole out abuse.
The plot thickens: Trump also appears to be using an Android phone (manufactured by Samsung). Here he is elevating the discourse about rival candidate Ted Cruz:
A representative for Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
It's likely that Trump doesn't actually press the publish button on all of his own tweets, though he reportedly dictates all of them (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html), at least. And it's previously been reported that his personal device is a Samsung Galaxy (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-use-campaign-2016.html) phone.
Still, the man made a pretty blunt statement about iPhones last week: Don't use them until Apple cooperates with the FBI. Apple certainly hasn't done that yet (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/apple-submits-brief-opposing-us-governments-unprecedented-iphone-request_us_56cf5f90e4b0871f60ea9a71), so what's the deal?
Maybe Trump -- whose net worth is reportedly $4.5 billion (http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/) -- doesn't have enough conviction in his own viewpoints to buy a couple of new smartphones for his communications team. Or maybe he thinks it's more important for everyday voters to boycott Apple than it is for upper-crust types who actually have the resources to switch smartphones -- devices that cost hundreds of dollars -- on a whim.
While Trump flip-flops constantly (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/20/donald-trumps-many-campaign-180s-in-his-own-words/), this situation actually offered him a chance to be consistent for once. The business mogul has railed against Apple before for failing to build a larger iPhone, because huger is always better:
Apple is finally considering a large screen for the I-Phone-they better get moving fast. When I told them to do this last year, they scoffed
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/359290546998620161)
I can’t believe Apple isn’t moving faster to create a larger iPhone screen. Bring back Steve Jobs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/360124399074025474)
I cannot believe that Apple didn't come out with a larger screen IPhone. Samsung is stealing their business. STEVE JOBS IS SPINNING IN GRAVE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/380630080084787200)
Apple must make the IPhone screen bigger. Losing major market share.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2013 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/390896287949656064)
Apple's iPhone sales fell way short-they must go to a larger screen, as alternative, fast (as I said long ago)! Samsung's size much better.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2014 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/428131099932647424)
Inconsistent or not, Trump continues to smash his competition (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary) in the polls.
Editor's note: Donald Trump is a serial liar (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-911_565b1950e4b08e945feb7326), rampant xenophobe (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b), racist (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-muslim-immigration-us_5665f75de4b072e9d1c7252b), misogynist (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/18-real-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-women_us_55d356a8e4b07addcb442023), birther (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-birther_56022a33e4b00310edf92f7a) and bully (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/trump-black-lives-matter-protester_5651ea96e4b0258edb31dd7e) who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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