The phone calls between the President and the country's most lucrative tech company's CEO have become regular, though it isn't clear what they accomplish beyond keeping Apple on the nice list.

Apple previously said in February it would spend $500 billion to expand many of its operations in the U.S., including assembling AI servers in Houston.

Following a US-China trade agreement where tariffs are suspended for 90 days, President Trump claimed Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to increase US investments, potentially building more plants. This news follows reports of Apple considering iPhone price hikes,