JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon came out on Wednesday in support of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, touting the former South Carolina governor as a great alternative to former President Donald Trump, who remains the GOP frontrunner by a wide margin.
Dimon, arguably the most powerful person in all of corporate America, has consistently donated to the Democratic Party, although in 2019 he described his heart as “Democratic” and his brain as “kind of Republican.”
“If you’re a very liberal Democrat, I urge you to help Nikki Haley, too. Give them a choice on the Republican side that might be better than Trump,” Dimon said on Wednesday at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, an annual gathering where influential leaders in business and politics are interviewed.
This year’s summit also featured Vice President Kamala Harris, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, businessman Elon Musk, and others. (READ MORE: Kamala Harris Continues to Fail at the Border)
Dimon, however, said that he would never adopt an “anything but Trump” stance. “[Trump] might be the president,” he added. “I have to live with that too.”
The banker also denounced Democrats for their tendency to insult “ultra MAGA” Americans, noting that “people [should] stop denigrating each other all the time because people take a point of view that is different than yours.”
Haley remains well behind Trump in national polls and is competing for second place with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. She has also recently received backing from the influential Koch network, which claims that “no other organization is better equipped to help her” win the Republican primary and defeat Joe Biden. (READ MORE: The Magical Thinking of Never Trump)
The network said that it’s “proud to throw our full support behind Nikki Haley,” adding that she “has what it takes to lead a policy agenda to take on our nation’s biggest challenges and help ensure our country’s best days are ahead.”
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