U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as "Tim Apple," during a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board on Wednesday.

Trump met with business leaders and said a lot of companies that had moved their work overseas are bringing their operations back to the U.S.

He said his administration aims to let more people into the U.S. through legal, merit-based immigration to add to the workforce.

After speaking with several business leaders, Trump turned to Cook and referred to him as "Tim Apple."

"I used to say Tim, you got to start doing it over here and you really have I mean you've really put a big investment in a country. We appreciate it very much Tim Apple, but we're opening it up," Trump said.

Trump said he wants to help companies find workers and he wants more high-skilled immigrants as U.S. unemployment remains low at 4 percent. "In one way, I love it," Trump said of low unemployment. "But in another way, I dontarget="_blank"'>