Ken Griffin Slams Trump’s ’Anti-American’ Tariff Exemptions for Corporate Giants Like Apple

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin delivered a scathing critique of the TRUMP administration's tariff policies during a CNBC interview in Miami. The hedge fund billionaire condemned special exemptions for large corporations as fundamentally undermining fair competition. "Is that our country, that we're going to favor the big and the connected? That's not the American story," Griffin charged, his voice cutting through the Miami humidity.

The financial titan specifically targeted Apple's favorable treatment, arguing the tech behemoth should "100% not" receive tariff relief despite its $100 billion investment pledge. Griffin's warning carried the weight of market wisdom: "When the state becomes involved in picking winners and losers, there's only one way this game ends: All of us lose." The line of corporations seeking WHITE House favors, he noted with disgust, had grown "nauseating."