Trump wants Android phones made in the USA, but it’s never happening

Ryan Haines / Android Authority In the tenth episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons, Mr. Burns opens a casino and starts to lose his mind, becoming a parody of Howard Hughes’ mental deterioration. At one point, he has a tiny model of a plane that he’s named “Spruce Moose,” and he wants to fly it with Smithers. Of course, Smithers says the plane is only a toy, so they can’t get into it, much less fly it. Mr. Burns, deadly serious, pulls a gun on Smithers and says, “Hop. In.” Smithers, bewildered, stares at Mr. Burns, not knowing what to do. I can imagine the CEOs of companies that make the world’s smartphones feel a lot like Smithers right now, with President Donald Trump playing the part of Mr. Burns. Yesterday, according to Bloomberg, President Trump announced that he would impose sweeping tariffs on smartphone manufacturers to encourage them to make phones in the United States. First, in a social media post earlier on Friday, he said these tariffs would apply specifically to ... Read full article.