Donald Trump's transition chair takes aim at Ireland and Apple

Howard Lutnick took aim at tax regimes like Ireland’s and suggested firms like Apple and Tesla would be forced to pay higher US taxes if Trump takes office

The transition co-chair is busy organising names who could form a future administration, with a heavy emphasis on drawing leaders from the private sector.

Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team, said firms like Apple would pay more tax in the US under a second Trump administration.

A Trump presidency would limit monopoly providers, make permanent the 2017 tax cuts, and encourage people to build in the US and pay taxes, said Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive who is in charge of recruiting political appointees in case Trump is elected in November.