David Samson

So I'm laughing when you say that Trump is the only transactional president, that there is a long list of politicians who have gotten wealthy, both in office and then after having been in office.

But as a function of degree, it's out of hand.

And all of the other things about Trump that we can talk about that upset me

The transactional nature, it's almost on the bottom of my list because it happens so frequently.

So what CBS is asking themselves and what all divisions are, is the juice worth the squeeze?

My favorite expression to ask because it actually happens in boardrooms.

What is it that we are, what's at risk?

What's happening with the value of our company, with our value of shares?

If we are doing this journalistic approach to this story that ends up making an enemy in the Justice Department, an enemy in the White House, what impact will that have on all of our other business that we have to do?

And that is what the job is of a CEO.

And people don't like CEOs, but their job is not to do anything other than decide jump balls.

They decide between departments who should win the day.

They decide between big macro issues where it is their company should be and should be going.

That's their true job.

And so I don't ever want to talk down about what they're doing at CBS because they're doing it for an actual reason of value and the irony.

And I close with this.

CBS has, just like Metal Ark, an equity plan.

Employees down at the lower levels, they're so focused on the value of their retirement fund, on the value of the share price, that in one

Ear, one side of the mouth.

They're arguing against what their CEO does.