Apple and India have invested years and billions of dollars in teaming up against China. India sees it as a strength. To President Trump, it looks like leverage.

Trump said in a social media post that he expects Apple iPhones that will be sold in the US to be manufactured in America and “not India, or anyplace else”, threatening to put a 25 per cent tariff on the tech company’s products if it does not comply.

The former president has turned his attention directly to the tech giant, threatening a minimum 25 percent tariff on iPhones not manufactured in the United States. Trump demands i