whatever is behind his departure, the president certainly talked up his good friend carl on the campaign trail. carl endorsed me. watch our trade deal. it stwings china. i got carl. carl is supporting me. i have carl ready. killer. killer. i ll put him in charge of zion take china. trade with china. do me a favor, work it out. give each one a country. they ll make a great deal. i had the best negotiates in the world, carl icahn. the greatest negotiators read the art of the deal. no exit pollers said carl was the reason behind their vote. it s clear his validation was important to donald trump. just something to keep in mind in case over the next few days you hear the president say about mr. icahn, he joined later in the campaign but he s good guy.