After denying to Republican donors that he mistakenly referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as "Tim Apple," President Trump has admitted to the slip in a Monday tweet.

"At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!"

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