Ken Griffin accused the Trump administration of showing “favoritism” in its dealings with US businesses, saying CEO friends find it “distasteful” and biz leaders don’t want to have to “suck up to one administration after another.”
The flamethrowing comments from the GOP donor and billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel marked his latest sharp criticism of President Trump.
“When the US government starts to engage in corporate America in a way that tastes of favoritism, I know for most CEOs that I’m friends with, they find it incredibly distasteful,” Griffin told The Wall Street Journal during a Tuesday conference in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Citadel founder Ken Griffin accused the Trump administration of showing “favoritism” in its dealings with US businesses. AFP via Getty Images
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