Conservative website attacks Apple's Tim Cook as 'arrogant'

From Peter Flaherty’s “Tim Cook is not ‘Political,’ just arrogant,” posted Thursday on Townhall.com:

Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed recently that he and his company do not engage in the dirty business of “politics” but only “policy.” He is supposedly above it all, guided instead by doing “what’s right.” …

Cook has a self-serving definition of “politics.” It apparently does not include raising money for candidates, lobbying Congress, or plunging the company into some of the most controversial and divisive issues of the day.

The leader of the global computing giant also meets with world leaders including Presidents Obama and Trump, but also those of other nations. In March he toured China with Vice Premier Sun Chunlan before he attended the China Development Forum and another event hosted by Apple. Before that, in January, he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he met with many other nations’ leaders. They must have discussed golf or the weather, but definitely not “politics.”

From Wikipedia:

Townhall is an American politically conservative website, print magazine and radio news service. Previously published by the Heritage Foundation, it is now owned and operated by Salem Communications. The website features more than 80 columns (both syndicated and exclusive) by a variety of writers and commentators, who often appear as guest commentators on the Fox News Channel…Weekly contributors include Ben Shapiro, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Marina Medvin, John Stossel, Dennis Prager, and others. Guest contributors have included Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Lara Trump.

My take: Cook famously gives to both Democratic and Republican candidates. But he also famously donated $236,100 to the Hillary Victory Fund. It will interesting to see if Flaherty’s meme reaches the President and affects the relationship Cook has worked so hard to cultivate.