Tim Cook responded with humour after Donald Trump incorrectly referred to the Apple CEO as “Tim Apple”.
Rather than acknowledging the error in person during a White House meeting Wednesday, the tech billionaire decided to change his Twitter name instead - to Tim Apple.
Cook made the revision using the Apple logo after numerous requests from people on social media, who found the president’s misidentification amusing.
“PLEASE change your Twitter name to Tim Apple. That is all,” one person tweeted at Cook following the president’s gaffe.
Another said: “Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, seriously should change his name to Tim Apple! It’s catchy.”
Cook’s decision to amend his Twitter handle was met with joy, with one person writing: “This is my favourite news story today.”
President Trump made the error during a meeting with the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
While he has not addressed the incident, the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump did so on Twitter with a response of laughing emojis to a tweet from The Daily Show referencing the mistake.
