Jamie Dimon, the billionaire chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, said Sunday that he is “done with politics” — days after he said he could beat President Trump in an election.
When asked on ABC’s “This Week” about running for president, Dimon said he had no interest.
ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis asked him if he is “done with politics,” to which Dimon answered in the affirmative.
“I never say never to anything, but no,” he said.
At an event on Wednesday, Dimon said he would beat Trump in an election “because I’m as tough as he is, I’m smarter than he is.”
Unlike Trump, who inherited money from his father, he made his own, Dimon added. “This wealthy New Yorker actually earned his money,” he said.
The CEO later walked back the comments, saying he “should not have said it.”
“I’m not running for president,” he said. “Proves I wouldn’t make a good politician. I get frustrated because I want all sides to come together to help solve big problems.”
Talking to Jarvis on Sunday, he said he regretted the comments.
“Yeah, I shouldn’t have said it,” Dimon said. “And I — more out of frustration and a little of my own machismo. But I shouldn’t have said it and so — it also proves I wouldn’t be a good politician.”
Trump tweeted that Dimon “doesn’t have the aptitude or ‘smarts’ & is a poor public speaker & nervous mess.”
