No, unless by “stirring the pot” you mean am I pointing out that as a nation, we are surrendering every single thing which made us great.
In which case, yes. I am.
So. Is the iPhone manufactured in Asia?
So what computers are completely manufactured in the USA? Why single out Apple?
Everything is made in Asia. All of them.
But you’re grinding an ax with Apple.
If we want America to become the default manufacturer for e.g. Apple hardware, then America must reduce its internal barriers to wealth production. It must compete.
But that's not easy. Competing is hard. It's far easier politically to forget about wealth-production, and to impose tariffs and subsidies.
Tariffs and subsidies practically force Americans to buy expensive crud from feather-bedded domestic suppliers rather than cheap stuff that works from Asia. The result is that everybody gets poorer - but at least no voters had to compete in the real world.
The solution to outsourcing is either to compete, or to recognise that you can't compete and so move into another field of endeavour. In this case: moving into software rather than hardware.
But using governmental fiat and protectionism to stop outsourcing is not a solution: it is sheer wealth-destruction: the transformation of American industry into a welfare state. It would be disastrous.
Hope this was helpful.
Name a cell phone that IS manufactured in the United States.
The iPhone is manufactured in Asia.
The iPhones are designed in California, USA, by a California, USA, company... the processor they use is designed by a USA company... and Apple is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange and it is incorporated in California, which, the last time I check (that could change) is still one of the fifty United States.
The last five Dell computers I installed for clients were manufactured in Asia... as were the last three HPs.
Your point is merely contentious to be contentious... FUD.
We can't even make a weapons system for our country, in house, so why are you worried about a stupid phone?