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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

How Trump’s relations with America’s biggest banking boss hit rock bottom

Donald Trump with Jamie Dimon in 2017
Donald Trump with Jamie Dimon (left) in 2017, when corporate America was scrambling to enter the president’s orbit after his election win. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Weeks after Donald Trump’s first shock election win, bosses from across corporate America were scrambling to enter the president’s orbit.

Business leaders ranging from the General Motors boss, Mary Barra, to Disney’s chief, Bob Iger, quickly signed up to a new advisory council in 2016 to help shape the aggressively pro-growth policies of this new populist politician. Among them was the head of America’s largest bank: Jamie Dimon, the chair and chief executive of JP Morgan.

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