President Donald Trump is pushing back on a viral story from last week, saying his use of the phrase "Tim Apple" to refer to Apple CEO Tim Cook was misreported.
The story began March 6 when Trump, during a White House meeting with the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, called Cook "Tim Apple." The following day, Cook changed his Twitter account name to "Tim ."
Trump addressed the story in a Monday morning tweet:
"At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!"
As of Monday afternoon, Cook's Twitter name was still his new moniker.
Axios reported Friday, meanwhile, that Trump told a group of Republican donors he actually said "Tim Cook Apple," a claim that is refuted by video of the meeting.
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