The disincentives for Apple shifting its production domestically include a complex supply chain that it began building in China during the 1990s.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Trump “believes we have the labor, we have the workforce, we have the resources” to make iPhones in America.

However, it is still possible that Apple—and others—will be exempt from the tariffs, although everything will depend on Trump’s “instinct.” Donald Trump answered a few questions from journalists. One asked him if some US firms that were “hard hit” by the recent tariffs imposed by the Washington administration could be exempted.