In a new financial document released just hours after he left the White House, former President Donald Trump disclosed Apple CEO Tim Cook once gave him a $5,999 Mac Pro computer.
The documents, made public on Wednesday, list the item as “the first created at the Flex Factory in Austin, Texas.”
Apple (AAPL) did not respond to a request for comment on whether it was the first Mac Pro computer out of the factory, but the timing seems unlikely. The factory opened in 2013. It could, however, be the first 2019 model to come out of the facility.
The Mac Pro gift likely stems from a November 2019 factory visit to highlight American jobs at the Flex Ltd. manufacturing facility that makes Apple products. Controversy followed the meeting, as Trump implied the factory was new for Apple under his leadership, which is was not.
“We’re seeing the beginning of a very powerful and important plant,” Trump said at the time. “Anybody that followed my campaign, I would always talk about Apple, that I want to see Apple building plants in the United States. And that’s what’s happening.”
It’s possible he got it confused with Apple’s new $1 billion Austin campus that it broke ground on the same day.
Also listed on the disclosure is a $529 leather bomber jacket from Ford chairman Bill Ford, $650 Ultimate Championship belt from martial artist professional Colby Covington, and golf clubs and accessories from Derek Sprague, former president of the PGA of America. (The disclosure listed Sprague as president of the US Golf Association.)
The disclosure also revealed that Trump’s hotels and golf clubs took a hit last year due to the global pandemic. Trump’s businesses generated nearly 40% less revenue in 2020 and the first 20 days of this year compared to 2019.
While it’s common for presidents to receive gifts, there are rules and regulations around