Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s “not political” amid ongoing criticisms of his relationship with President Donald Trump’s administration.

Appearing on “Good Morning America” Tuesday in honor of Apple’s 50th anniversary, Cook was asked about his recent appearances at the White House and interactions with Trump, which have spurred calls to boycott his company.

“What I do is I interact on policy, not politics,” he said. “I’m not a political person on either side. I’m not political, and so I’m kind of straight down the middle.”

Cook also offered some faint praise for Trump, and told “GMA” co-host Michael Strahan: “I focus on policy, and so I’m very pleased that the president and the administration is accessible to talk about policy.”

Watch Tim Cook’s “Good Morning America” appearance below.

Last year, Cook was among a host of tech leaders ― including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ― who attended Trump’s inauguration ceremony. Since then, he’s appeared at the White House on several occasions, including a January screening of “Melania,” Amazon Prime Video’s documentary about first lady Melania Trump.

Despite Cook’s previous White House visits, his attendance at the “Melania” screening in particular angered many online, given that it took place on the same day as the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.

At one point during the event, he posed for a photo with filmmaker Brett Ratner, who in 2017 faced allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct from at least six women, including actors Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn.

Days later, Cook told Apple employees that he was “heartbroken” by Pretti’s death.

“This is a time for deescalation,” Cook wrote in an internal memo, per Bloomberg. “I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from.”

He went on to note he’d had a “good conversation” with Trump about his crackdown on immigrants, adding, “I appreciate his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all.”

Elsewhere in his “GMA” interview, Cook shrugged off rumors he plans to retire after 15 years as Apple’s CEO. He also noted that his company is set to invest $600 billion to move more of its manufacturing to the U.S.

“In fact, if you look at your iPhone today, the front cover and the back cover — all of that glass will be coming out of Kentucky by the end of this year,” he said.

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