Apple's $30 billion Broadcom deal may help bolster Trump ties

In a move that’s likely to keep it on the sunny side of Donald Trump, Apple on Wednesday announced its largest American Manufacturing Program (AMP) commitment yet. The tech giant signed a $30 billion-plus agreement with Broadcom to produce more than 15 billion US-made chips, including a $1.5 billion expansion of Broadcom's Fort Collins, Colorado, facility.

In a post on X, Apple CEO Tim Cook called it a step towards an "end-to-end silicon supply chain" in the US, and the company thanked "the president and his administration for supporting important projects like this one" in a statement.



Apple signs multi-year supplier agreements regularly and Broadcom has been its longtime partner. But this is Apple's second major supplier deal in a matter of weeks. The announcement is the latest in a sequence of events in the past year that suggests Apple has been working to stay on the administration's good side.

How it began

In 2025, US president Trump publicly criticised Apple for expanding iPhone manufacturing in India rather than the United States and threatened tariffs on devices not made domestically. This was a blow to Apple, which had been deliberately building diversified production capabilities across Asia, in India and Vietnam. It was also an uncommon moment of friction between Cook and the administration.

Getting back in the good books

Soon after, Apple got to work. Cook appeared in the Oval Office alongside Trump and senior cabinet members to announce a $100 billion investment in US manufacturing over four years.

This built on an earlier $500 billion domestic infrastructure commitment, which later grew to $600 billion under Apple's AMP. The programme was dedicated to bringing more of Apple’s supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the US. Through AMP, Apple sought to increase its investment across the US and incentivise global companies to manufacture more critical components in the country, the company said in a statement.

Apple also brought in a roster of US-based partners such as Corning, GlobalFoundries, and Texas Instruments as part of AMP.

In June, Trump announced a $9 billion deal for Apple to purchase America-made chips from Intel — in which the government had invested $8.9 billion for 9.9% stake.