There’s two reasons for all the bad vibes going around.

Firstly, Wendy (Maggie Siff) has dropped a copy of her book manuscript on everyone’s desk.

Then, he makes it clear.

Corey Stoll as Michael “Mike” Prince in BILLIONS “Succession”

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He has no interest in going gently into the night though, not when Prince is involved.

Instead, Chuck picks himself up and launches another attack.

This time, Chuck goes after Prince’s reputation and hypocrisy.

He manages to get a truck parked outside of Prince’s house.

In the end, Prince actually doesn’t seem to care that much about Mike Money being sabotaged.

He’s thinking further ahead.

Why start looking for a successor now?

Why is he floating ideas like Mike Money and calling in to get support from Andrew Yang?

Why make a public display of insulting the Chinese government?

Why does Prince own companies, some of them clearly unprofitable, all over the country?

Then, it all clicks.

Mike Prince is gearing up to run for President of the United States in 2028.