US President Donald Trump at a meeting of the advisory council on personnel policy, which discussed the development of technology, called the head of Apple Corporation Tim Cook "Tim Eplom." In response, Tim Cook, whose twitter is monitored by over 11 million people, changed his surname to the apple icon - Apple's emblem.

Tim Cook on Twitter

Read more. At a meeting with Trump, the head of Apple Tim Cook talked about the educational initiatives of his company. The US President appreciated them:

“People like Tim are constantly moving forward. You really invest a lot in our country. We really appreciate this, Tim Apple, ”Trump praised the head of the corporation.
In the White House, they did not recognize this as an error, in the transcript of the meeting it is indicated that Trump was talking about the company: “Tim - Apple”.

Context. In March 2018, the US president was already mistaken in the name of a public person. Then Trump called the general director of the Lockheed Martin military-industrial corporation “Marilyn Lockhid”, although in fact her name is Marilyn Husson.

Anna Kovalenko

Trump called Tim Cook "Tim Eplom." He changed his last name on Twitter