Trump says Apple CEO called to discuss EU fines, The Verge reports

Former President Donald Trump said Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook called him to discuss discuss the billions of dollars that Apple has been fined in the EU and said that he won’t let the EU “take advantage” of U.S. companies like Apple if reelected, The Verge’s Emma Roth reports, citing comments made during his appearance on the PBD Podcast. In March, the EU fined Apple around $2B after finding that Apple used its dominance to restrict music streaming apps from telling customers about cheaper subscription deals outside the App Store, and the EU later won its battle to make Apple pay $14.4B in unpaid taxes. “He said something that was interesting,” Trump said. “He said they’re using that to run their enterprise, meaning Europe is their enterprise. “I said, ‘That’s a lot… But Tim, I got to get elected first, but I’m not going to let them take advantage of our companies – that won’t, you know, be happening.'”