Donald Trump and Charles Koch: Divided on trade, aligned on foreign policy

Both camps are vague on necessity of defending Taiwan

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U.S. billionaire Charles Koch was honored with the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize at the Washington Hilton on May 1. (Photo by Ken Moriyasu)

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- In a rare public appearance last Thursday, Charles Koch, the 89-year-old conservative political megadonor criticized the protectionist trade policies of the day, without mentioning the elephant in the room: U.S. President Donald Trump.

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