Ukuphakama kwesicebi esiphikisayo uDonald Trump esiya ehhovisi likamongameli waseMelika kube noku inani elikhulu lemiphumela kuzo zonke izindawo zempilo yaseMelika neyangaphandle. Manje yi-Apple ebonwa njengomlingisi ophambili komunye wale miphumela lapho kuqinisekiswa ukuthi omunye wemidlalo ebaluleke kakhulu - ngokwepolitiki - wengezwe ngokungena kwamandla kukasomabhizinisi waseMelika.
UTim Cook no-Apple bebenobudlelwano obuhle emphakathini noMongameli uDonald Trump ngesikhathi sakhe njengoMongameli wezwe elibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni. UCook ube nemihlangano eminingana noTrump, kanye namalungu amaningana okuphatha kwakhe, futhi izinombolo ezintsha zivezwe izolo kusihlwa ohlelweni lwethelevishini laseMelika zikhombisa ukuthi i-Apple itshale imali enkulu kakhulu yezimpahla zayo ekunxenxeni uhulumeni kaTrump.
Ngokwemininingwane evela kwabezindaba baseMelika Ukuthola kabusha, U-Apple usebenzise imali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 2.2 esikhathini kusuka ngo-Ephreli 1 kulo nyaka kuya kuJuni 30 ku imiqondo yokuthonya uhulumeni usihlalo wakhe nguDonald Trump. Leso sibalo sicishe saphindeka kabili imali inkampani eyisebenzise ukwenza okufanayo ngesikhathi sikaMengameli wangaphambilini, uBarack Obama, ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Abakwa-Apple basebenzise isamba esingu- $ 1,2 million kuso. U-Apple uthi iningi lalawo $ 2.2 million lingene endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ukufaka ingcindezi ngenxa yentela, ukubhekwa kanye nokuguqulwa kwabokufika.
Phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu zokuqala zesikhathi sikaTrump e-White House, u-Apple wasebenzisa cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-1,4 kulo mqondo, ekugcineni okuba yimali eyi- $ 3.6 million ezinyangeni zakhe eziyisithupha zokuqala njengomongameli. Ukugxila kwemali yokusebenzisa ingcindezi yezepolitiki kungukuthi ukuguqulwa kwethrendi kwe-Apple, okuqhathaniswa nedatha yangaphambilini, yabelwe kuphela amadola angama-730.000 ukucindezela uMongameli uBarack Obama ezinyangeni zakhe zokuqala eziyisithupha zango-2009.
Le nkampani iveze ngqo ekwethulweni kwayo ukuthi ukugxila okuqinile kokunxenxa kwayo kwezepolitiki bekukwelabantu bokufika. UTim Cook ubhekane ngqo noTrump ngalolu daba amahlandla amaningi, ngenkathi uphikisana obala ngokusobala emizamweni eyethulwa ngabaphathi bakaTrump yokunciphisa ukufuduka kwabantu abavela emazweni athile.
Ngaphezu kokufudukela kwelinye izwe, enye inkundla yempi lapho i-Apple yabele khona imali yokufaka ingcindezi yezepolitiki ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukulungiswa kwamalungelo obunikazi, ukufinyeleleka kwabantu, izinhlelo zezempilo, ukwehluka kanye nemfundo. I-Apple iveze obala imibono yayo kulezi zinkinga kaningi esikhathini esedlule.
Ukuze uqonde kahle lezi zibalo, kuyasiza ukuqhathanisa le datha ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe. AbakwaGoogle basebenzise imali ebalelwa ezigidini ezi-5.4 ukunxenxa uTrump ngesikhathi esifanayo, kanti iAmazon yona isebenzise izigidi ezingama-3.2 kanye ne-Facebook 2,3 million.
Abaningi bagxeke isibalo esikhulayo sezikhundla zepolitiki ezithathwe ngu-Apple noTim Cook muva nje. UCook ukholelwa, nokho, ukuthi kungcono ukuveza imibono kumuntu wokuqala kunokuhlala phansi ulinde abanye ukuthi benze kanjalo:
“Ngokwami angikaze ngicabange ukuthi umugqa wesibili wawuyindawo efanelekile ukuba kuyo. Indlela yokufaka ingcindezi kubo ukuthi babe phambili. Futhi siyazibandakanya uma sivuma futhi nathi siyabandakanyeka lapho singavumelani. Ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukukwenza lokho, ngoba awushintshi izinto ngokumemeza nje. Izinto ziguqulwa ngokukhombisa wonke umuntu ukuthi kungani indlela yakho yokwenza izinto ihamba phambili. Ngezindlela eziningi, kuyimpikiswano yemibono. "
Kuwebhusayithi yeSenate yase-US, ungathola ukubhaliswa kwe-Apple njengeqembu lokugunyaza eligunyaziwe.
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