content: It's a good and bad thing. I agree with you, but the reason is probably a bit of quid quo pro. Cook agrees to make a $1 billion investment in manufacturing, something Trump will likely be given credit for at some point. In recompense Trump works to pass laws enabling Apple to repatriate their foreign funds at a fractional rate - earning them tens of billions of dollars. Seems like there are no losers until you consider the fact that this is effectively equivalent to allowing a company to get out of pay tens of billions of dollars in taxes they legally owe, in exchange for $1 billion. That money gets spent regardless of whether or not the government receives it and so we end up in a situation where other taxpayers are covering that cost, or we're simply taking it on as part of our skyrocketing deficit.