Jamie Dimon seems to expose JP Morgan's belly to Donald Trump
Things have changed since Dimon said, ‘I think I could beat Trump,’ at a September event that was supposed to celebrate his firm’s philanthropy
New York — Jamie Dimon seems like a new man. In JPMorgan Chase’s quarterly earnings call with reporters on Friday, the biggest US bank’s CEO passed up chance after chance to criticise US President Donald Trump’s trade war, jawboning habit and temperamental relationship with his own Federal Reserve. Each time, Dimon sounded supportive. He complimented the administration’s “negotiating tactic” on China and predicted a trade deal. He said the relationship between big business and the White House is “active and good”. And the same week Trump said the Fed had “gone crazy,” Dimon said he had “seen a president who wanted interest rates to go up.” Things have changed in the past month. “I think I could beat Trump,” Dimon said at a September event that was supposed to celebrate his firm’s philanthropy. “I’m as tough as he is, I’m smarter than he is.” A few hours later, Dimon backtracked completely — which didn’t stop the president from firing back on Twitter, calling him “a nervous mess”. Di...
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