alt Hacker NewsI watched the announcement live, I could have sworn that the softbank guy said "initial investment of 100 MILLION, we hope to EARN 500 BILLION by the end of your (Trumps) term"
Gave me a real "this is just smoke and mirrors hiding the fact that the white house is now a glory hole for Trump to enjoy" feel.
Investigate the connection between Softbank and Apple; then examine the ties between Tim Cook and Trump:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4d75zl212o
https://apnews.com/article/trump-apple-tim-cook-tech-0a9fb8e...
You don't need a finance degree to figure out what's happening here. Apple is ripping pages right out of Elon's playbook.