Overview
- In a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren, CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour said President Trump joked about whether he would have been invited without the new tariffs.
- Dufour wrote that no substantive discussion of trade policy or tariffs occurred during the match.
- Rolex characterized the hospitality as routine and tied to its longstanding role as a U.S. Open sponsor.
- Warren had questioned whether the invitation was a bid to ease the 39% tariff on Swiss imports and requested details on how the visit was arranged, conversations held, and any gifts or favors.
- Rolex said Trump received a golf sweater and sports gilet as token gifts, and some Secret Service agents took branded caps, adding that no preferential treatment was sought or offered.