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I mean, if you would have if you would have asked me, you know, maybe six months ago before any of the rumors started, you know, when do when do I think Tim Cook might retire if it's going to be sometime soon?

I would say it would he would wait until the Trump administration's over.

I'm a little curious why he sees that's not the right move.

Maybe he just doesn't want to do it that long.

Unfortunately, we still have probably three more years of that.

That's a while in terms of this timeline.

I don't think that's the plan now because I don't think we'd be hearing all this shuffling around and all these moves if it was that far off.

I don't think it's three years off.

Certainly, if...

The you know, the the the Apple defenders and the Tim Cook defenders with all this Trump stuff, they point to some kind of role that Tim Cook is like heroically taking the heat so that, you know, it shields the rest of the company or maybe, you know, he takes the heat and then he leaves, you know, at the right time or whatever.

If that is true, which I honestly don't think that's the whole story, if it's even any of the story, but if that is true, that timeline's too long for this.

That doesn't fit what seems to be happening here.

And I do wonder, like...

What's going to happen with that side of the job?

Well, but, you know, in terms of politics, like I think Tim staying as chairman of the board for a few years that could he maybe the plan is he stays on as chairman of the board.

He keeps politicking with Trump and that kind of leaves turn us out of it.

That's probably true.

That's probably true.

And like, and that, you know, from if, if Cook wanted to isolate Apple from at more of that heat than it needs, um, maybe that's what he's thinking.

Cause again, like he's a very, Cook is a very considered person.