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The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Jamie Dimon thinks Trump was ‘kind of right’ about a lot of things. What?

jamie dimon seated at a panel table with a man and a woman either side of him
‘Dimon thinks Trump has a good chance of becoming president, and wants to be in his good graces.’ Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

On Wednesday, speaking from the World Economic Forum’s confab in Davos, Switzerland, Jamie Dimon – chair and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest and most profitable bank in the United States, and one of the most influential CEOs in the world – heaped praise on Donald Trump’s policies while president.

“Take a step back, be honest,” Dimon said. Trump “was kind of right about Nato, kind of right on immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked. He was right about some of China. He wasn’t wrong about some of these critical issues.”

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