Apple CEO Tim Cook slams Donald Trump over Charlottesville response SUSAN HOGANSTEPHEN LAM/REUTERS Apple CEO Tim Cook: "Equating [white supremacists and those who oppose them] runs counter to our ideals as Americans." CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS Cook and US President Donald Trump at an American Technology Council roundtable in June. "What occurred in Charlottesville has no place in our country," the email said, according to BuzzFeed, which obtained a copy. History has taught us this time and time again, both in the United States and countries around the world." In light of Charlottesville, Cook said Apple will donate US$1 million each to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Centre - organisations that track hate groups.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2017 02:26 UTC