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| Apple CEO Tim Cook Met With Trump to "Engage" on Gigantic Corporate Tax Cut
WHY DID EXECUTIVES from 11 of America's biggest technology companies obediently show up when they were summoned by the president-elect to meet at Trump Tower? Some might suspect it has something to do with the $560 billion in profits those companies have stashed overseas — and refuse to bring back until the U.S. government gives them an enormous tax break. Apple CEO Tim Cook has now confirmed that that was indeed part of his motivation to attend the tech summit with Donald Trump. On Tuesday, TechCrunch obtained Cook's response on Apple's internal network to a question from an employee about the Trump meeting. Cook first described how it was critical for Apple to "engage" with governments on what he called "our key areas of focus." According to Cook, these include "privacy and security, education," "advocating for human rights for everyone," "the environment and really combating climate change" and "creating