CNBC:

If Apple were a foreign country, CEO Tim Cook might have considerable political clout in the United States.

That’s because Apple owns $52.6 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, which would rank it among the top 25 major foreign holders, according to estimates from the Treasury Department and Apple’s SEC filings released on Wednesday.

Apple would be 23rd in all countries. That’s just one measure of a company’s financial heft, but amazing nonetheless.