His first interview in ten months since president trumps inauguration since then stocks have roared to alltime record highs, including todays 24,000 milestone mr. Mr. Icahn writing a letter criticizing the planned deal with Bonanza Creek and its adoption of a poison pill, which he calls a travesty. Carl, welcome back its good to talk to you again. Good to talk to you. Well get to this incredible stock market in a moment, but lets begin with sand ridge. Thats your news of the day and this letter that youve written to not only criticize this planned acquisition but a poison pill that you refer to as a complete travesty and representing a new low in Corporate Governance why so yeah, i think that the company, i believe, to entrench itself went out and issued stock and issued stock for a Company Called bonanza and theyre paying bonanza a 75 premium to the 421 million valuation established by bonanza creditors. This was written in an article, who i dont know and never met and own a fair part