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2.7 and 106 FM, streaming on the Prime Media Plus Nav and DSTV, Channel 856. I've always watched the interface between CEOs, our sort of business leaders, and politics with a lot of interest. And at times, it's been quite critical. At times, I've sort of said publicly, you know, I think CEOs should talk a little bit more. And at times, they really have raised their head above the parapet. They do what politicians, what everybody does, they all serve their own interests and the interests of their companies. But I saw that the Audi CEO.

Guno Dolina over the weekend, he was in the U.S. He was in Arizona, in fact, Georgia, excuse me, with the U.S. President Donald Trump announcing the start of a big new plant. It's exactly the kind of thing you would expect a CEO in South Africa to do with President Ramaphosa. In fact, President Ramaphosa has been invited to various big events, and sometimes he'll go if he can, etc. I think he spoke at the big anniversary of Volkswagen. What were they? 15.

Years or something more than that, even in South Africa. And no one thought anything of it. The problem is, in the U.S., it's just before the midterms, and it turned, as it would, think about it, Trump Georgia, into a rally. And so now you've got the CEO of Audi at a political rally just before incredibly important elections in the U.S. He's in all sorts of trouble for it. I mean, you can just imagine he might say, look, I needed, I was involved in.

By Trump, and I didn't want to say no. And Trump, of course, will say this shows the tariffs are bringing manufacturing back to the United States, etc., etc., etc. But just a reminder of why, when some of us say CEOs should get more involved in our politics, why they don't. You can understand why. Obviously, CEOs will always have some sort of influence, but still, I found that fascinating. The Money Show with Stephen Grootes on 702. 702. News24 reporting this morning.