I said, who is this guy . Hes the governor of iowa. He just said dont say bad about china, so i had to rip up about half of my speech, right . I said, why . We do a lot of business. Ive been dealing with china for 35 years with corn and all of the different things. He told me a story that was amazing. He said, you know, 35 years ago when i started, i met a man named xi. He wasnt president then, he was a young man. The governor came back and told his wife 35 years ago, its documented, he said, i just met the future president of china. And nobody thought much about it. You know what, 28 years later, you turned out to be right. You have been an incredible ambassador, and they like each other so much. So when it came time to picking the important position of ambassador, i said, havent you had enough after 24 years being governor of iowa . He said, if you want me to do that, and youve been a great help, thank you very much, ambassador, i appreciate it. Done a great job. [ applause ] nobody