Joining us now on the state visit and the tech prosperity deal is Walter Isacson, Pela Weineberg advisory partner to Lane University history professor and a CNBC contributor. Walter, uh, great to to see you this morning. Uh, how are we to to think about this this new mode, right, with CEOs are kind of flying around the world uh, along with the president and obviously trying to stay in good favor and and get behind what uh, what his priorities are. What does it mean for for their execution of business? >> We ...

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