US President Trump defends himself post 'Tim Apple' debacle
The president is known for using nicknames and ‘mispronouncing names’ of rather known peopleUS President Donald Trump after being bashed on social media for referring to the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook as ‘Tim Apple’ has now taken to Twitter to defend himself. Apple to launch three iPhones with new camera features this yearAt a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2019After initially not responding to the error, Apple CEO Tim Cook found the funny side to the situation and on the request of one of the users, he changed his Twitter handle to Tim and a Mac emoji of an apple. President Trump is known for using nicknames and ‘mispronouncing names’ of rather known people such as ‘Jeff Bozo’ in reference to Jeff Bezos of Amazon. “Tim Apple” though was a new nickname that no one had ever heard before.
Source: The Express Tribune March 12, 2019 11:03 UTC
