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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 6 days
Galaxy brain moves afoot “In recent days, some company leaders and Democratic political operatives have called the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, according to someone with knowledge of the calls, to gauge his interest in replacing Mr. Biden”
Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.www.nytimes.com Some of the president’s past supporters want a new candidate, but they are leery of going public.
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Brooke Binkowski @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 6 days
They scented weakness and went for the undemocratic coup. Filth
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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 6 days
The utter ridiculousness of thinking that Jamie Dimon wants to be president and have to do actual work all day.
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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 6 days
But also that Jamie Dimon would be willing to risk losing to Donald Trump and having all his assets seized by the feds and being sent to Federal prison as a result.
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Plognark @plognark.bsky.social · 6 days
… Fuck, I gotta recalibrate my “this is fucked up” meter, because this is 100% plausible.
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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 6 days
In Dimon's case, having been in charge of one of the largest banks in the world for decades, you can pretty much guarantee he's at least implicated in multiple federal crimes, so it wouldn't even require a lot of pretenses.
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Plognark @plognark.bsky.social · 6 days
True, but I also think Dimon is conniving enough to spot this risk from a mile away, so it’s simply not going to happen.
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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 6 days
No chance in hell does he want to gamble like that. He already has more power than pretty much any civilian not named Musk, and he gets to keep it no matter who wins.
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Plognark @plognark.bsky.social · 6 days
That’s my (admittedly from limited information) read on the guy too.
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough @gothamgirlblue.com · 6 days
The best case scenario if he even gets the nomination (lol) is that he loses and Trump uses JP Morgan Chase as a personal piggybank. Worst case is dying in Gitmo.
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T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest · 6 days
Exactly. I'm not one to overrate Dimon's insight, but he spent the 4 years Trump was in office being careful not to get on his bad-side. He's not going to do anything different now for the sake of a smaller office with a worse view and more work.