Trump grants tariff breaks to ‘politically connected’ companies, Senate Dems say

President Trump shakes hands with Apple CEO Tim Cook during a meeting with business leaders in Tokyo in October. Cook is among the CEOs who have personally courted Trump in the past year and whose companies’ products have escaped the worst of Trump’s tariffs. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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Two top-ranking Democrats are blasting the Trump administration for playing favorites with tariffs — by giving trade relief to the big companies whose CEOs are cozying up to the president.

In a letter to the White House made public Wednesday morning, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Chris Van Hollen,

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