“What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number.”

“How do you like that?” he continued. “I just thought of that.”

Trump had previously been critical of Apple’s stance, telling supporters “who do they think they are?” at a rally on Wednesday, but this is the first time he had called for direct action against the company’s products. He’s also been widely critical of Apple’s reliance on Chinese manufacturing, telling supporters in January, “we’re gonna get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country, instead of in other countries.”