White House says Trump doesn't want to harm Apple and iPhone prices won't rise

Trump advisor Kevin Hassett has played down the 'tiny little tariff' on firms such as Apple and strangely insists consumers won't pay more for iPhones.The White House's Kevin Hassett insists buyers will not have to pay more for iPhones because of tariffsIn announcing a 25% tariff on all imported iPhones, Trump took the unusual step of admitting it would be Apple that pays, rather than his usual false claim that foreign countries will. Now in repeating this, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has treated tariff complaints as a joke — and also insisted that Apple will not raise prices.'I'm kind of like the person in an airplane that's getting walloped over the head by everybody,' he said in an interview with CNBC, 'where everybody says, 'Oh, like, we're never going to be able to do anything if we have this tariff, it's going to be a disaster if we have this tariff.'' Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums