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I would also fire my employee if she flipped the bird at the CEO of my top customer - in view of the press no less.

Exactly, if you're a business in a political climate of any kind you have to keep up appearances regardless of your private beliefs.

The president is not a CEO.

Ok, but he is kind of like a CEO. At the very least...you can see the analogy right?

He is the chief of the executive branch, and the commander in chief of the US military, so arguably he is a CEO.