EXPEDIA CEO WHO OPPOSED TRUMP TRAVEL MORATORIUM: “Hopefully we will all be alive to see the end of next year.”

“Just a big thank you to our global employee base for an improved 2016 and certainly an improved end to the year. And hopefully we will all be alive to see the end of next year,” Khosrowshahi said on the call Thursday.

After a pause, he added: “Thank you.” Then the call ended.

While he did not explicitly mention President Trump, the unusual remarks come from a CEO who has been among the most outspoken in the tech industry against Trump.

Expedia was one of the first tech companies to file a legal challenge against Trump’s travel ban, citing the potential harm it could do its employees and customers.

Khosrowshahi is an immigrant from Iran, one of the seven Muslim-majority countries included in the travel ban. In an earlier statement, the CEO described the legal measure as a way of “standing up for our travelers and our immigrant roots.”

Expedia declined to clarify Khosrowshahi’s remarks in response to a request for comment.

That seems… overwrought.