Elon Musk continues to try to stymie Apple's satellite ambitions three years after Tim Cook turned down an offer to use Starlink on the iPhone.

Apple CEO Tim Cook received a startling communication in 2022 from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.  Cook was only given seventy-two hours by Musk to accept a $5 billion agreement. If Apple didn’t agree, Musk said he would become their biggest competitor.

Elon Musk issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Apple, demanding a $5 billion deal for SpaceX to become the exclusive satellite provider for iPhones. Apple rejected the offer, leading to a three-year conflict involving regulatory challenges and internal dissent within Apple regarding its satellite strategy.

For Tim Cook, the hits keep coming. On Friday, President Trump targeted Apple with new demands that the company make iPhones in the U.S., threatening 25% tariffs if the company doesn’t comply. “Rise and shine Tim Cook,

Donald Trump threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on iPhones made outside the U.S., reportedly triggered by Tim Cook's absence from Trump's Middle East trip. Trump publicly acknowledged Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang's presence while pointedly noting Cook's absence.

President Trump is miffed that Cook declined to tag along on his field trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, both countries, by the way, where you can get the death penalty for being gay, not that they’re likely to try to execute the guy who makes the iPhones. It’s not like he’s a journalist, after all.

Apple’s CEO called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after law passed requiring app stores to verify user ages.

US President Donald Trump boasted “jobs and factories will come roaring back” when he unleashed unprecedented tariffs around the world during his “Liberation Day” address last month.