New Delhi [India], May 15 : Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said that she has deleted her social media post about US President Donald Trump.
Ranaut had reportedly slammed Donald Trump in a now-deleted tweet for his statement in Qatar, where he asked Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture iPhones in India.
She added that BJP national president JP Nadda had personally requested her to delete the tweet. She also expressed regret for sharing her personal opinion on the matter.
https://x.com/KanganaTeam/status/1922985441114063055
In a post on X, "Respected national president Shri @JPNadda ji called and asked me to delete the tweet I had posted regarding Trump asking Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture in India. I regret posting that very personal opinion of mine, as per instructions, I immediately deleted it from Instagram as well. Thanks."
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had spoken with Apple CEO Tim Cook and asked him to limit Apple's expansion in India.
"I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I said to him, my friend, I am treating you very good. You are coming up with USD 500 billion but now I hear you are building all over India. I don't want you building in India. You can build in India, if you want to take care of India because India is one of the highest tariff nations in the world, so it is very hard to sell in India," President Trump said while addressing a news conference in Doha, Qatar.
Recently, Apple expanded its iPhone production in India by setting up new assembly plants in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Two of these plants are located in Tamil Nadu, and one is in Karnataka. For these plants Apple has signed contract with manufacturers, such as Foxconn and Tata Group to set up production units.
In the last fiscal year, Apple produced USD 22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March 2025, which is a huge 60 per cent jump from the prior year.
Apple manufactured approximately 40-45 million iPhones in India in 2024, accounting for 18-20 per cent of its global output. Of this, about 15 million were exported to the US, 13 million to other international markets, and about 12 million were sold in the Indian market.
In January 2025, Apple achieved an 11th consecutive quarterly revenue record in India, with iPhone sales estimated at USD 10 billion in 2024.
India stands as Apple's fourth-largest market globally in 2024, after the US, China, and Japan.
As reported last month, driven by the escalating trade tensions and high reciprocal tariffs announced by both China and US against each other, in a strategic move Apple decided to transition all production of iPhones destined for the US market to India from China.
Since then, the US and China have agreed that they will withdraw their previously announced reciprocal tariffs and counter tariffs for an initial period of 90 days. The tariffs for 90 days are reduced by 115 per cent, by both US and China against each other. China will impose 10 per cent tariffs on US goods, and the US will tax Chinese goods at about 30 per cent.