While speaking to the media later that day, Trump clarified that the tariff would apply to any company selling foreign-made phones in the U.S., not just Apple. The president said

President Donald Trump on Friday demanded Apple make its iPhones in the United States or face a 25% tariff. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States,

President Trump on Friday took aim at Apple and the European Union in a significant escalation of his ongoing trade war. In a one-two posting spree on Truth Social early Friday, he threatened Apple with 25% tariffs on non-US-made iPhones,