Turks are publicly smashing their iPhones to protest against Trump’s steel tariffs

People in Turkey have found an interesting way of protesting against US president Donald Trump after he increased tariffs on steel from Turkey. Using the hashtag #TurkeyWillPrevail people are posting videos of themselves destroying various American products.

By: Trends Desk
New Delhi | August 20, 2018 06:09 PM IST

2 min read

People have been using the hashtag #TurkeyWillPrevail to post their videos as well as opinions about POTUS's actions.

To protest against US president Donald Trump, who has increased the steel tariffs from Turkey, Turkish people are taking to social media to publicly destroy products made by popular American companies. As a result, several videos have surfaced of people smashing their iPhones.

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According to a DailyMail report, people are resorting to such drastic measures to show their support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has increased tariffs on goods imported from the United States. People are also putting up posts in which they damage other products like Coca-Cola bottles, and dollar notes. They’ve basically been obtaining these products just to smash them.

People have been using the hashtag #TurkeyWillPrevail accompanying the videos.

Here are some of the videos posted on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/maske5g/status/1030133254060425217

https://twitter.com/LegiPatriNostr2/status/1031298949213310976

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