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‘They’ve Already Been Wrong’: Jamie Dimon Blasts Trump’s Trade Policy In CNN Interview
Jamie Dimon is not a fan of Donald Trump's approach to trade.
And although he'd probably contend th
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I do agree that Dimon has 2020 in his crosshairs, but nonetheless have to ask whether a majority of Americans is ready to vote for:
A banker.
The ex-boss of a criminally convicted serial felon.
And yeah, I know, we could replace ‘banker’ with ‘real estate developer’ and ‘felon’ with ‘bankrupt’ (dropping the ‘criminally convicted’ bit). But still….surely it’s worth asking?
The question is not rhetorical, and I don’t pretend to know the answer. Were there ever to be a President Dimon, however, I’m sure many in the rest of the world would add it to the growing list of ‘things about America that normal people elsewhere can’t get their heads around’. After that, who knows where it would end? One day you might even get an actor in the White House. Oh…yeah….hmmm.
Sure beat your trading partners (to death) out of business so the when this hellish nightmare dissolves back into reality it will take years and maybe never to get “our friends” to trust us again. Now that is great negotiating. Even the mafia knows, sure kiil’em as you say, “It’s nothing personal, it’s just bidness”.
No worries, Jean-Claude is in town and he’ll straighten out this mess. Booze sales at the Four Seasons are going to be through the roof.