Trump remarked of Apple, "Who do they think they are? They have to open it up.” | AP Photo Trump slams Apple's rejection of court order

Donald Trump slammed Apple on Wednesday for its refusal to cooperate with federal authorities in the investigation of one of the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters.

“I agree 100 percent with the courts. In that case, we should open it up,” the Republican presidential candidate told “Fox & Friends,” referring to a court order demanding the California-based tech company create a way for federal investigators to break into the iPhone of one of the perpetrators of the Dec. 2 terrorist attack. “I think security, overall, we have to open it up and we have to use our heads. We have to use common sense,” Trump continued, echoing his recent common refrain. “Somebody the other day called me a common-sense conservative. We have to use common sense.”


Repeating his lines about the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people, Trump of Apple, “Who do they think they are? They have to open it up.”

In a statement issued hours earlier, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote that the company believes the FBI’s “intentions are good,” but that the company would not comply with the federal court order handed down Tuesday.

“Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them,” Cook wrote. “But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.”