The US president, who says he is good at remembering names, has a track record of getting them wrong.
Footage from the meeting has gone viral, with more than 3.6 million people watching it so far.
One sarcastic viewer wrote on Twitter:"Tim Apple is an American icon just like the famous innovators Thomas Lightbulb and Henry Car."Apple is one of the world's biggest companies This is not the first time that Mr Trump has referred to high-flying chief executives by the name of their companies.At a recent news conference, he also addressed a Kurdish reporter as"Mr Kurd" - and referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as"Betanyahu".More stories
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