Tim Cook is now Tim Apple
Mar 08, 2019
Tim Cook the CEO of Apple has changed his name on his Twitter handle to Tim Apple. A day after Donald Trump incorrectly named the Apple CEO at a roundtable meeting with business leaders. As soon as this action was taken people started trolling him. Check out the tweet and reactions on it below.
It's uncertain when the change occurred, but the Way back Machine shows that Cook was using his full name on Twitter as of March 6. Cook changed his last name on the social platform for the Apple logo emoji.
Guys, @tim_cook changed his name to Tim ? and it's the most legendary "Tim Apple" sub tweet of all time. pic.twitter.com/p39nYS1mz7
— Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) March 7, 2019
It looks like the Apple CEO directly did not reply to Donald Trump, but is silently giving him the answer.
Trump just called Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple” pic.twitter.com/gTHHtjWvc9
— Sean O'Kane (@sokane1) March 6, 2019
Donald Trump at the meeting said, "We’re going to be opening up the labor forces because we have to. We have so many companies coming. People like Tim — you’re expanding all over and doing things that I really wanted you to do right from the beginning. I used to say, ‘Tim, you gotta start doing it here,’ and you really have you’ve really put a big investment in our country. We really appreciate it very much, Tim Apple".
Check out the reactions:
Some other industry giants besides #TimApple for @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/RtLHBnmQwp
— William Mitchell (@kRaSh32) March 7, 2019
Tim Apple, Satya Microsoft and Jeff AmazonWashingtonPost when they received their new names. pic.twitter.com/ReCYwCuNZ7
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 7, 2019
This is literally the first time Chrome and Android users consider switching platforms. pic.twitter.com/EVzkJWcIS9
— Mike Bush (@mikebush) March 7, 2019
Woah there! Easy tiger. Let's not go overboard. ????
— Mike Goodwin (@Goodo73) March 7, 2019
I see Tim XBox pic.twitter.com/dhx7aSlsT6
— Swapnil Sawant (@swapp19902) March 7, 2019
— Modvane (@Modvane) March 7, 2019
Tim *apple crashing emoji*
— Dennis van Rijssen (@rijssen_dennis) March 7, 2019