Is Tim Cook shielding Apple’s new CEO from politics?

Ever wonder why a company’s outgoing CEO would deliberately keep the most politically exhausting part of the job? That’s exactly what Tim Cook just did, and it’s not hard to see why once you look at what he’s been dealing with for years. Cook has spent years balancing Apple’s stated values against pressure from Washington. Back in 2018, he co-signed a letter to the Trump administration warning that immigration policy changes were causing “considerable anxiety” for thousands of Apple employees and threatening to disrupt operations. More recently, when Trump pushed Apple to drop its Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies,…